Ive been working on wheel bearing, ball joint, tie rod, and sway bar link front driver side on my 2000 accent, and I've run into a problem. I have the lower control arm ready to come out except one bushing bolt. It is the bolt at the front of the car that is on a horizontal axis (the rear one on the vertical has been removed). I have completely loosened the bolt, but there is no separation between the bolt and the frame. The bushing has relaxed and spread. It apears as though it just needs to be tapped out from the other side, the only problem with this is that the other side is inaccessable since it is in the frame. Any help on this would be very appreciated.

Thanks

 

[align=left]Looks like once you remove the two bolts, you just beat is with a hammer from the front driving the arm to the rear. It should just fall off.

 

I appreciate the quick response but the issue isn't with the control arm coming out but the bushing bolt referenced as "A" in the diagram provided not coming out of the bushing.

 

[align=left]I see, that means the inner sleeve of the bushing is rusted to the bolt. Unscrew it until you are sure it's free of the frame. Get a propane torch out and burn the snot out of it till all the rubber is gone. Then beat it out with the hammer. Careful with that torch, don't set the car on fire.

 

You'll need to press out the old bushing and replace it with a new one. Bushing work sucks sometimes.

 

Disreguard all that. Get a big hammer and wail on it.

 

Thanks, I'll keep you posted.

 

[align=left]Do you think the nut which is welded to the frame which the bolt threads into has broken away from the frame? A possiblility. You might have to hacksaw the head off the bolt to get the arm off.

 

BUMP having the same issue here it seems like the bolt is stuck to the rubber but im worried that the nut has seperated for the frame anyone else removed a Drivers Front Lower Control Arm on this generation of Accent im a 2002.

Almost to the point of taking a set of torches to my frame here to see whats going on or a drill.

Im able to turn the bolt but it doesnt seem to be actually coming out. Its hard though it bounces back like its stuck to the rubber.

Does anyone actually know how this is assembled or has done it before?

Already have a broken control arm here and a bunch of time into this car the last few weeks.

Thanks in advanced.

PS the other nuts is not exposed like many other cars and is in the middle of the tube frame!

 

I have the same exact problem with my 2001 Hyundai Accent right now.

I am replaceing the front lower control arm and the bolt is not rusted to the sleeve because I used a torch to melt away the rubber and can twist the bolt freely and the sleeve doesn't move with the bolt.

It must be that the nut has seperated from the frame right?

Have any of you made any progress and if so I how did you get it off.

If it is the fact that the nut has seperated from the frame what do you do about that?