General: Bolt seized rear bearing hub

[Orangemoon]

Originally Posted by green van man

If your car is as the pictures in this thread you have unrestricted access to the ends of them. Good quality drill bit and drill down the center of the bolt till passed the threaded housing, start small and work up, the heat generated plus the reduction of preasure may be enough to free it off with your ring spanner. Also try preloaded the spanner thenot hit the spanner with a hammer, preferably soft faced.

Have a similar situation with landrover swivel mounting bolts, 14mm bi hex bolt head behind the swivel ball preventing end on access, the hammer on ring spanner has yet to fail and landrover bolts are renowned for being made of soft cheese.

Paul.

The photos are an S60 .. mines an XC 90 The bearing hub obscures the bolts .. Thanks anyway !

[tonygreen1966]

When I done my rear bearings I jacked up the car and then jacked up the wheel also so that the suspension arms moved and gave me clear access to all bearing bolts on my XC90.

[Orangemoon]

Job done ... aided by a magic mixture of 50/50 ATF and Acetone mixed up and slapped on liberally for three days ! When we finally cracked the bolt a good quarter of it was still dry !! No wonder it wouldn't budge ! Finally shifted it with an offset ring spanner and bodged up breaker bar made from an old length of swimming pool armature !!! Thanks for all the advice guys .. Much appreciated !!

[ksmi]

Originally Posted by Orangemoon

Job done ... aided by a magic mixture of 50/50 ATF and Acetone mixed up and slapped on liberally for three days ! When we finally cracked the bolt a good quarter of it was still dry !! No wonder it wouldn't budge ! Finally shifted it with an offset ring spanner and bodged up breaker bar made from an old length of swimming pool armature !!! Thanks for all the advice guys .. Much appreciated !!

Well done to You and your Other Half! Persistence and the 'Magic Potion' + team work paid off in the end. you both deserve a Stella!

Regards,Keith.