I was removing the lower control arm on my integra gsr, and the part where the control arm is connected to the rotor where it is on a ball bearing bolt won't come off. Anybody have any ideas on how to get this off? THanks.

 

take out the cotter pin. bust the castle nut lose. take the nut down and make it flush with the bottom of the bolt in the ball joint.

hammer it up.

i have also done the following: put a jack under the disc rotor and jact it up a little bit. Take a 4 lbs hammer and hit the lower control arm from the side. Give it a couple of good wack and it helps to losen it up. Hammering down the lower control arm helps.


If you aren't cheap like me you can probably go rent the tool to help remove ball joint from advance auto.

 

when u hammer it down, will the ball joint come off also or just the arm?

 

the ball joint is a part of the a arm (thing that holds the brakes and curves up to the top. the lower control arm will seperate from the ball joint.