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Those are barely even rusty by New England standards. They don't even have cotter pins! I'd think those will come right out with a bit of penetrating oil and an impact gun.
On recent cars the finishes on fasteners help a lot. I’ve done a lot on our odyssey suspension in the last year and every bolt came out unphased and clean.If you’re not a professional - that is a steep price.
If you are - it’s both faster and safer than acetylene and much faster than propane or MAPP.
If you happen to have a professional quality set of tools, and live in the salt belt, like me, this is very attractive, regardless of price.
+1There is a very good chance it will be a sawzall job, I have run into this numerous times, you will get the nut off okay but the bolt is totally seized in the bushing sleeve, heat and impact have little or no effect on them.
I use blue loctite on suspension bolts, and caliper bolts. Yep, a bit harder to remove, but not as bad as rust, and like you said, they’re sealed up, so, they don’t rust as bad.I use blue locktite on many fasteners and I use it as a sealant on aluminum threads. Loctite helps keep the dissimilar metals (aluminum/steel) insulated so it lessens corrosion. It also helps with brake components. They won’t loosen and the sealing action keeps them from seizing.
I can still smell those things when you posted about using one.My Dad at times would use a carbon arc torch but instead of creating an arc he would put each of the electrodes directly on the bolt. The bolt heats up with the electricity going through it.
Using a sealant is fine, but globbing expensive thread lock can end up making the bolt harder to remove and the part of it that is slightly exposed will rust and then break. If you like loctite everyplace you should work on a 2004 murano, every bolt is either loctited or way over tightened. Like maybe 150 ftlb plus for a 10mm bolt, worse vehicle ever to work on, and not breaking too many bolts was a miracle.I use blue locktite on many fasteners and I use it as a sealant on aluminum threads. Loctite helps keep the dissimilar metals (aluminum/steel) insulated so it lessens corrosion. It also helps with brake components. They won’t loosen and the sealing action keeps them from seizing.