Originally Posted by kd5dbl
Exactly... it lets the lower control arm come down just enough to make it fit. Just don't get in a hurry....
This does bring back a bad memory though... when I tried to do mine.. I couldn't get the lower bolt off the alternator... finally got my cheater bar out and wound up rounding off the nut. Had to get my Dremel tool out and cut the thing off. In doing so, I nicked the AC belt so I had to replace that too... Wasn't exactly my favorite repair job on the Civic....
KD5dbl, are you talking about the alternator through bolt?!? The one at the bottom with the square head? Mine is so rusted that it won't come out. The other bolts and nuts came out but that one is stuck in there good. I will need a new one so I was wondering two things:
1) how to get the old one out
2) what the part # is. I will call the local honda dealer's parts dept. for that, I guess.
Does anyone know of any good website to obtain parts #s? The dealers use a Honda CD or something to obtain the info or "official" parts #s? Is there any way to know what the parts #s are? I was just curious. I can just call and ask for the actual part if I know the official name, I guess.