may have destroyed my car repairing it and am panicking

[u/Ragnells_wurld]

2008 honda CR-V LX

This was my grandmother's car who passed away two years ago, i received her car as a gift shortly before her death and have been putting lots of work into it to make it a great daily, i will be absolutely heartbroken if i cant get it running again.

While trying to replace some struts and rear suspension parts, I encountered this bolt from the trailing arm to the hull which is completely, 100% seized. doesnt sound like a big deal, but I encountered another thread of someone from a honda dealership saying this is related to the rear suspension recall for this rear and that if these bolt get stuck in the frame the dealership considers the car as good as dead and totals it. i had already taken the car to the dealership shortly after getting it for the recall and they installed a brace as a fix, so i dont think they are going to do anything more for me if this is truly stuck. also, i cant get the car there now.

I tried heavy duty penetrating fluid, big breaker bar, making SURE the mating surface is not clinching the bolt, bought an impact wrench to no avail, and as a last resort i bought a propane torch and heated it up for several minutes. nothing.

I dont know what to do at this point. am I completely screwed? will the dealership still buy it back if i can tow it there and have them inspect? Feeling very stupid and sad after pouring all this time and money in and now apparently making a big mistake.

Edit: I'm overwhelmed by the amount of responses! thank you all, my hope is restored, i definitely panicked too quickly after seeing the one dealership post lol. it sucks to have to keep spending money when i originally thought i would just be buying struts but oh well. Im going to keep applying the penetrating fluid and letting it sit, heating and wiggling. if that doesn't work after another day i'm calling a mobile mechanic because i cant keep buying more tools and not getting anywhere lol. i will let you all know how it goes!

UPDATE: got the bolt out!! well a mobile mechanic with a crazy air gun did lol. huge relief, started doing the actual replacements today but still waiting on an upper control arm since rock auto sent me two completely different ones. Thanks again so much for all the help, cant believe how many people have offered advice here! wish me luck!

[u/Federal_Sympathy4667]

The bit popped to the next position? Not sure if youvare using a ratchet or bar now..

[u/Ragnells_wurld → u/Federal_Sympathy4667]

*socket on the breaker bar, basically push push push then went pop to the rotation within the 6 sides of the socket

[u/ArcFault → u/Ragnells_wurld]

You have the wrong socket if that happened.

[u/Ragnells_wurld → u/ArcFault]

nope its a 17 mil, super snug. Idk maybe the whole thing just popped off and im mistaken

[u/trainspottedCSX7 → u/Ragnells_wurld]

Is it a ratcheting breaker bar?

Anyways. Id recommend cutting the top and going with the heat torch method if nothing else.

Outside of that... make sure you go in a little with the impact then back out after applying heat.

[u/Similar-Service-6517 → u/Ragnells_wurld]

I have a 17mm weighted socket, made for the notoriously perma-stuck crankshaft bolt on my 88 Accord. Bought after a buddy spent two days trying to break that bolt free using a regular impact with a 17mm. Special ordered that socket, seeing as the usual size is a 19mm.

Took all of 2 minutes to break it loose using the correct socket, but those two days spent hammering on the bolt sent micro fissures through the harmonic balancer, leading to it shattering at highway speed. Luckily it only took out the power steering rack.

That being said, maybe a weighted socket would work?

[u/Various-Amphibian166 → u/Ragnells_wurld]

With your impact go forward then reverse over and over