Lower control arm help

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shenanigan

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Changing everything except the spindleon the front of my 2011 Ram.. I have been almost 4 hours now on trying to get lowermcontrol arm off. Everything else is off . I can not get the camber bolts to come out to save my life.. Anyone got any ideas? I've never had this problem before and I have tried e erything I can come up with
 

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If you can't get them.out, they could be rusted.

Sawzall and cut them out, new bolts, that is if you have not tried heat first.

If heat doesn't work, not much else to do but cut.

I understand completely thst is probably what you did not want to hear
 

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Moved to the 4th gen section.
 
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If you can't get them.out, they could be rusted.

Sawzall and cut them out, new bolts, that is if you have not tried heat first.

If heat doesn't work, not much else to do but cut.

I understand completely thst is probably what you did not want to hear
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Thanks DILLIGAF you guys nailed it. I had to cut em. Guess I'll get new bolts tomorrow. I've had enough for tonight. I appreciate it guys
Take your big wallet with you,if you're buying OEM bolts from the dealer,they'll pop your eyeballs open on cost :rolleyes:
 
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