Any suggestions on Breaking loose the front control arm bolts? I am installing the aev 2.5 and cannot get the control arm bolts to budge. I have had 2 different impact wrenches and I have tried a manual breaker bar. I did the rear already and loosen all 8 rear control arm bolts. So I'm stuck. The only other idea I have is to go buy a piece of steel pipe to go over my breaker bar?

 

Try spraying them down with PB Blaster. I've done the pipe + breaker bar too and that works!

Also, if you haven't, try using the impact wrench or breaker bar on the nut side rather than the bolt head.

 

hit them with a little heat. A little pb blaster helps too.

 

Yeah my breaker bar is 24". I'm going to have to try some pipe. I did the rears yesterday but I cannot budge these front lower arms.

 

Thanks for the suggestions. The pipe extension on the breaker bar gave me enough leverage to get them loose. The front lower control arms were the toughest bolts on this Jeep. Even the track bar bolts didn't seem anywhere near as tight!