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In this video I bring you along as I help Josh with an all to common issue. The rear lower control arm bolt has a tendency to get rusted in place on these Subaru's. I use the torch method because I have access to one. You can use a sawzall too it just takes a little longer.
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100 thoughts on “Subaru lower control arm bolt stuck in bushing”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Fred J. says:

    Why do I hear my own voice in the background saying: "Come to Southern New Mexico Eric O and family……..NO Rust, Only Dirt"……..

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars BobFob says:

    Best fire wrencher under the sun
    Eric O. is number one

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars c0mputer says:

    “Installation is the reverse of removal.”

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Greg Needoba says:

    It’s never as easy as you make it look. That should be the disclaimer at the end of your videos haha

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ed Wijngaarden says:

    👍

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars ROBERT R Penny says:

    EO is that subframe still ok to ship?

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Clifford Sandefur says:

    Great info. Keepem comin. Thanks sir

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars corvettebob says:

    The engine cradle or whatever is in front of the bolt bracket doesn't look too healthy like it is on its way out.

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars joseph prosser says:

    No oxyacetylene and only one one pair hands means I use the saws all and new bolt method. Often the amount of room to do the cut is limited but is compensated by the amount of swearing being unlimited.

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars n325aej says:

    looks like a two hour bolt for the home mechanic.

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bill Boy says:

    Do you use that same fire extinguisher to tone down the flames when barbecuing?

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars OlofTheBald says:

    So glad to see that Josh is letting his apprentice get his hands dirty a bit more around the shop!

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars ToughAncientSpark says:

    I'd be more concerned about that rusted out swing arm that it's attached to!😂

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars D says:

    Between this channel, and project farm, i stay pretty informed.

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars john dutton says:

    shout out to PROJECT FARM i always buy the good stuff thanks to his testing videos

  16. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Tom Cartmel says:

    Diablo, isn't that what cat thieves use?

  17. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Hola! Chris Wilson says:

    Love your videos and excellent information. We've had problems hearing you sometimes (microphone issue maybe)?? Don't want to miss anything.. We love you and beautiful Mrs. O… Always look forward to her smiling face and sweet talk between you.. ❤❤

  18. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Isorozco511 says:

    That subframe isnt in good shape either lol

  19. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Teddy Mullins says:

    Easy peasy lemon squeezy

  20. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Nohemoglibin says:

    Terry the Torch

  21. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Kevin Berg says:

    There’s 2 smells in the automotive world that make me want to puke:
    1) burnt transmission fluid (and I mean burnt to the point of failure)
    2) flaming rubber bushings. It smells different (and way worse) than tire rubber from a burn-out.

  22. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars XL says:

    Wouldn’t it be easier to come in just on top of the bushing with a saws all and cut the bolt and the the same on the bottom side and the whole price should come out ? Without having to screw around with all the other stuff

  23. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars The Shortman says:

    When your in the weeds with a project like that the last thing you want to regret is the $5 extra for a really good saw blade. My pop's always told me always buy the best tool you can afford, used to be Stanley – don't know what the best is now because all my Stanley tools i bought still work fine after 40 years.

  24. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Zachary Welvaert says:

    I just bought a Toyota that came out of New York and had to do a clutch on it. Subframe looked about like that Subaru's. Needless to say I did not touch any bolt that I did not specifically have to to remove that transmission

  25. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Alan Bradford says:

    Did the same job without a torch. I used a cutoff wheel instead of a reciprocating saw (I couldn't find mine). Super sketchy…I don't recommend it! I REALLY wish I had a torch!

  26. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars fisqual says:

    I always use diamond blades for cutting those bolts. They're slower at first but they dont get dull so they end up taking less time altogether.

  27. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Captain Morgan says:

    I had a bolt stuck and didn’t have fire man I beat the thing down to nothing and after 30 mins roughly it came out. What a pain

  28. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars 619DioFan says:

    Can't be stuck if it's liquid.

  29. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars mad max says:

    You boys are amazing thats all I got to say, not to rag on rainmaker ray but them boys that don't deal with rust have no idea how to tangle with it. And your guys just gave it the two piece with a side of Slaw and the fight was over before she started. Great work !

  30. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars ss boot says:

    I was waiting for the fire truck to run out of water (:

  31. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars crazy edo says:

    Defenitly samurai rubber. It fights till the end.😁

  32. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars effay513 says:

    What's up with the sound on all your recent videos? I gotta crank it up to hear ya then the damn ads bout blow my speakers out 😫

  33. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Clint Price says:

    My comment is Eric O never disappoints us with these videos!

  34. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bill Smith says:

    I cut 4" cast iron waste pipe with the sawz all . I bought the right blades . But that cast iron is hard metal .

  35. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars John Hamerlick says:

    Ol’ Vic

  36. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Chris Crusader says:

    Freakin team work, Love it!

  37. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Patrick Baitman says:

    Yeah baby! My kind of rust belt video!

  38. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mark Wheeler says:

    Gotta give a thumbs up to Diablo saw blades. Work great!

  39. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Sean McRae says:

    Anyone that's used a torch around rubber bushings can smell this video.

  40. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars ALEX says:

    Wait … we just cut the bolt inside the pocket on both sides pull the arm out and the rest falls out ?

  41. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Omari Stephens says:

    That hole in the subframe though 😂 🙈🙈🙈

  42. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars marcus motors says:

    I can smell this video

  43. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mike Chiodetti says:

    Good ole Victor. A tool box in itself!
    That subframe definitely needed repair/replacing.
    Good show Mr. O!

  44. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jim Handy says:

    outstanding again Mr. O

  45. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Edward Silva says:

    Cant be seized up if its liquid….

  46. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jason Marks says:

    the fire extinguisher is NOT sponsored by Napper, nor is is an ABC.. its a WTF'er.

  47. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Chris Mallory says:

    I'm a plumber and the Diablo carbide is my go to for cutting out cast iron, itll eat threw those bolts

  48. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Repro77 says:

    Yes! Carnage!

  49. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bekim says:

    They deff dont do this kind of work down in Florida.