heat up the knuckle around the bolt where the threads are

 

it might sound daft , but ......... , heat it as above and spray it good and proper with releasing oil , then , try and tighten it slightly before trying to undo it and spray it again :L

 

brill, i will give it a go. whats best to heat it with though?

i need a few little things extra for my tool box now

 

a small propane blowtorch should do the job , you dont want it cherry red , just expanded a bit to let it go free , oh , and watch out for anybits like the cv joint covers , obvious really but people have melted them in the past :whistling: , good luck , let us know how you get on :L

and thinking on , once it becones free make sure you loosten it then tighten it a bit then loosten and tighten till you get it all the way out , less risk of the threads catching that way :L

 

do you think this will do? blowtorch

 

a bit bigger would be needed i reckon , something like you would use to strip paint off a doorframe for example , the sort of thing you would buy at b&q for example :L

 

this looks the business blowtorch

thanks for all the advice, i will let you know if it all works.

 

that was the sort of thing i was thinking of , like i said it does not want to be cherry red , just warmed up enough to start releasing the rust and crap holding it :L

 

and put plenty of patience, don't rush but persist.
if it does'nt go 1st time let it cool and heat it again. it will give up very easy without alot of force.

 

and when it is coming loose if its tight turn it a few turns then wait a few mins because if you dont you will be turning and turning and all the time your doing that the bolt is heating up and its more likely to snap.

the worst ones are the lock nuts with the plastic top part (not applicable in this case) they tend to undo stiff and if you undo them too quickly the bolt part will heat up and snap, its happened to me before on the anti roll bar links

 

so ....... i was on the right track then :whistling:

 

yep for sure :L

i get tips off my mechanic, he was changing my rear arms, end links and arb bushes and the nuts for the rear arms at the centre of the car were rusted bad, he was going to do it outside his house but said bring it back next weekend he would get it in the garage i asked would i need new nuts and bolts he said nah dont bother ill get them off nae bother and he did and cleaned them up and refitted them used a blowtorch one of thosewith the big tanks not a standard gas one he said heat does the best job 10 times better than wd40.