HI i have a mk1 1.2 60 s punto i was going to change the front shocks to better ones with lowered springs i went to take off the strut bottom bolts+nuts when i found out they was badly corroded i tryed to split nut them but it just bend my splitting tool (piece of crap ) so i tryed another method of drilling a small hold then smashing a big chisel into them that didnt work so i got the angle grinder out and cut the nut off 3 of them and the bolts slided out fine come to the last 1 and the bolt had seized :bang: and then i slight bent the bolt so i had to cut it i got it unsiezed slightly but the bolt wont come out and got stuck here is a picture any help will be good on how i can get it out as now im screw on ideas :bang: and the MoT is due in a few days

P.s im not bothered i bent the old strut brake line holder and cut it by mistake as i got whole new shock :devil:, and this car is p*ssing me off so many problems keep going wrng with it since i brought it and i havnt even driven it a mile yet but my driving test is next tuesday :slayer:

take the strut and hub off as one, when its laying flat on the ground or bench they normally knock out with a punch,

I had this problem! Real pain in the ass. Put the bottom bolt in again if you have it to take the strain off. That one bolt will be holding the weight of the strut. I did end up punching them out using hammer and screwdriver.

Can you not angle grind that off though?

its the bottom bolts thats f**ked top 1 is just holding it in place that 1 slides out nice and i would take the whole thing off but i dont have the tool to get the drive shaft out and some 1 borrowed my balljoint splitter and never returned it and i cant remeber who it was, im limited to a few tools hand and power tools and i got £0 to my name as i got insurance + mot and my test to pay out

Ahh yeah the bottom one's in. I thought it didn't look bent. Cut the head off and punch it out the other way?

bredsticz said:

Ahh yeah the bottom one's in. I thought it didn't look bent. Cut the head off and punch it out the other way?

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think thats my only option atm but its raining power tools + rain = shocked steven in hospital :idea: although it would be a luagh to film it would hurt

also there is a rubber bumb stop on the shock and a gater with the new springs are lowered by 50mm should i cut the rubber bump stop down as its not gonna have much to travel befor it hits it

this is exactly what happened to me lol

i was lucky on my mk2, they were seized in properly tight

Took me 2 days to get them all out
Nuts came off finally after some brute force, the bolts i spent ages smashing them with a lump hammer, they seriously did corrode in well

When fitting new bolts ensure you copper slip in the holes a lil (a blob) and then cover the new bolt, as you slide it in, it should help prevent it re-sticking

ziggy

i even removed it, put it on the ground and start smashing with sledge hammer, still doesnt move, will probably replace whole unit with driveshaft and shock still on it, stuck bolt inside = mot fail?

flisko said:

i even removed it, put it on the ground and start smashing with sledge hammer, still doesnt move, will probably replace whole unit with driveshaft and shock still on it, stuck bolt inside = mot fail?

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i dunno - does it class it as insecure?

Can it have a nut welded onto it still? or will it fuse to the suspension still as well?

Ziggy

Not got anyone with an impact gun that could use it on the head to give it a twisting shock to free it? Could you not use an old bolt as a drift to knock it through with a hammer?

MikeSalt said:

Not got anyone with an impact gun that could use it on the head to give it a twisting shock to free it? Could you not use an old bolt as a drift to knock it through with a hammer?

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Sod that - Air hammer it

Lots of vibration - fast and tbh can be quiet violent but that'd help loads to get it free

Ziggy

yup, oxy torch and windy gun.. kills 99% of all known stubborn thingies.