I'm replacing my front LCA, and I am having trouble getting the eccentric sleeve out of the rear bushing. I got the bolt all the way out of the sleeve, and the nut on the top is loose enough to bounce around, the whole assembly rotates, so its not siezed in there. Does anyone have a trick to getting it out, or am I gonna have to drop the subframe a bit to push it out from the top.

-Andrew

 

Maybe just give it a couple of taps. The way it works is the sleeve sits in the nut on the top, but they're just attached by friction. If you can pull at the bottom sleeve with a pair of channel-locks or just a couple small taps from the top should loosen it.

Rob

 

I couldn't get to it from the top because the frame rail is close enough you can't even lift the bolt. I tried ViceGrips and I ended up spinning it so I could get a screw driver in and tap it out near the bottom of the bushing. Thanks though!

-Andrew