[Daox]

I gave the pickle fork one last go last night with a bit more gusto from my 2lb sledge. It ended up working... bleh felt a bit dumb as that was what was holding me back from removing the trans (the biggest issue on the car) on the work day with my helper. Alas, those are out now.

The penetrating oil on one control arm bolt did its job. However, the metal tube in the center of the bushing is bonded to the bolt... So, as I spun the bolt, it bent the upper metal flange as shown in the picture below. This of course ripped the rubber around the tube as it spun. Ack, this one will be fun. Ideas welcome! I left the rest of the control arm bolts to soak in more penetrating oil.





Here are some more pictures of the car torn apart thus far.