How do I remove rear lower control arm

[bad inferno]

Hi,

I did the pedders "thing" and have been advised amongst the huge list of defects the rear lower arm (rose) bush needs replacing.  I do have a slight clunk sometimes going over a speed hump etc coming from the passenger side rear so I thought that would be an easy one to replace myself as a whole new arm when I do the shocks/springs next week.

 

Passenger side rear lower control arm inner bolt head is against the petrol tank,  is this arm an easy replacement on the passenger side with car stands.  Have not really worked out what I would have to remove or drop to get this lower arm bolt out.

 

I see heaps of new/refurbished arms on ebay so assumed this would be an easier one to repalce yourself.

 

2012 F6 (190k on the clock )

 

thanks

Edited 20/05/18 12:38 AM by bad inferno

[k31th]

As far as I know, the bolt will clear the tank when on jack stands with the wheels dangling.

 

It's easy to remove but sometimes difficult to get the new bushes in without a press.

[bad inferno]

Jacked up the rear and had a closer look.  Stuffed if I can see how to drop the frame without significant effort to remove that dam bolt

 

 

Edited 20/05/18 08:01 AM by bad inferno

[Ralph Wiggum]

Cradle needs to be dropped 

[Zepplin]

I’m having the same trouble did you end up dropping the cradle to get that silly bolt out???

[JETURBO]

No way around it unfortunately 

[k31th]

you could do a super-dodgy method and cut a hole where the bolt, as it comes out, interferes with the rear suspension

[Puffwagon]

Sell the Ford, buy a Honda.

 

Kill two birds with one stone 

[JETURBO]

  On 22/04/2021 at 7:08 AM, k31th said:

you could do a super-dodgy method and cut a hole where the bolt, as it comes out, interferes with the rear suspension

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that means you’re cutting a hole through the fuel tank .... 🤨

 

Good chat team 

 

P.S Spoon engines y’all’s 

[HI PSI]

I'm never going through that again. I turned the bolt around..