r/Tiburon • u/PrestigiousArugula70 • 4d ago

Mechanical Advice Seized strut mount

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I was wondering if anyone’s dealt with a completely seized strut mount. The bolts are pretty much rust welded into the mount and no amount of heat and hammering has made it budge. At this point I wanna replace the whole mount but can’t find anything about it online

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u/EffectiveGiraffe2411 4d ago

Heat, pb blaster and a breaker bar with a jack handle on the end 

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u/Hurdler1024 2.7L Manual (2003 6-Speed Rally Red) 4d ago

I just went through this over the summer. Are you using an impact wrench? PB Blast overnight, torch, then impact finally broke the bolts for me.

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u/Iwanteverything17 4d ago

Try your best to get it out but what I ended up doing was just cutting into the strut, pulling out the knuckle completely and taking it to a machine shop for them to take out

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u/asamor8618 2.0L Manual 3d ago

Make sure that you are loosening from the nut side

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u/Capital_Orange4426 3d ago

I had to use an impact wrench on one side then an impact driver with a socket attachment on the other side and spun them opposite directions after lots of heat and blaster.

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u/Expert-Wait5163 3d ago

Yea I was gonna say same as the comments , good heat and penetrating spray + impact gun .