I was going to replace both compression rods on my 04 G35 coupe. The driver side was making noise whenever I drove over bumps. Remove the sub frame which went pretty well.

However when I went to remove the compression rod from the stud on the chassis the bushing was frozen to the stud. Try using a puller to pull the rod off the stud, but that only ripped the arm from the rubber bushing, leaving the bushing still on the stud. Finally used an oxy-acetylene torch to burn off the rubber and heat the metal bushing. With a pipe wrench I was able to twist the bushing off the stud. Install the new compression rod, but decided not to do the passenger side compression rod since the gas line is on that side of the car.

Has anyone else run into this problem and how did you get the compression rod off?