Chrysler Repair: Removing lower control arm - Drivers, ball joints, postal mail


Question
I am changing the ball joints on my '02 Sebring.  How do you remove the front bolt (Drivers Side)as there is not enough clearance as it hits the bottom of the engine.  I have removed the front engine mount bolt and try lifting the engine but there is still 1/2 inch clearance that i need to remove the bolt.

Any ideas ?

Answer
Hi Larry,
A couple of points/question first. The ball joints apparently cannot be replaced separately from the lower control arms (that is what my '03 manual and '04 CD manual say) so you apparently have to r&r the control arms as a whole. I am unclear as to whether the replacement control comes with the bushings but that is another procedure if you you want to save and reuse those or install new bushings on the arms.
The entire process covers about 7 pages in the CD manual which I could (with some effort) copy and email to you (this site doesn't allow me to attach items to my answers). So if you want those tell me your email address.
The hard copy '03 manual cover the arm removal and install procedure but not the bushing replacement over 4 pages which I can xerox copy and postal mail to you.
Let me know which you would like me to do, if either. Use a 'private' follow-up question to tell me you email address or your postal mailing address.
If you would check with a dealer parts counter to see if you have to buy the control arms with the bushing installed already then that would mean I don't have to also email those bushing r&r instructions.
Roland
PS Sorry for the delay but I just found your question in the 'pool' to which Kevn referred it.