I'm having trouble with the sub frame bushings on the front end of a 96 LHS and any advice would be appreciated. I'm working on the rear set of bushings on the front sub frame assembly.
I picked up the bushings today, two tops & two bottoms. These are the heavy rubber bushings with the steel collars attached.
I started to loosen the bolt on the driver side and was making progress but now I'm stuck. The bolt and whatever the nut is on top are now just spinning as one unit. Something did back out/loosen because the subframe has dropped 1/2 inch & can see the bolt between the subframe & the top of the top bushing.
Basically right now I can not loosen it any more or tighten it back up. Either way I turn both bolt & nut spin as one. I used a mirror to try to see the nut and can see it but have not figured out how to get a wrench on it. I'm not really sure what type of nut is used or if it is supposed to fit into some type of slot or bracket that would hold it while the bolt was being turned.
Any ideas?
I know I can pick up a new bolt at the dealer but right now I'm not even sure how the nut would be held in place. I could see a couple of little flanges of metal near the nut that may have somehow held it in place but they look to be pointing a little upwward at this point.
I tried putting downward pressure on the subframe to see if that would hold the nut but no luck. To be honest when I looked at the nut with a mirror it and the bolt both looked so rusty I'm not sure that they ever broke loose. That being said it is a little confusing where all the slack came from that allowed the subframe to drop down 1/2 inch.
I'm pretty much stuck right now and when the wife gets home I'll have to tell her the "quick fix" I had planned for her car won't be done today :) Thanks for any help