trailing arm mounting bracket bolt attachement snapped!

[krumpelstiltskin]

I've been trying to remove the trailing arms in my 02 forester...
fighting through the enormous amount of rust I managed to remove it
from the knuckle.

The short version:

There is a mounting bracket that connects the front of the trailing
arm to the body/chassis (with 3 bolts on it).
I snapped the threaded part (hidden inside the chassis)...
the bolt just moves freely now and I can't remove it because the
threaded part that was attached to the chassis are still on the bolt!

Any ideas on how to get at the threaded part?



The long version(because I need to vent):

The front end was a pain since (even though I managed to fit a low
profile breaker bar with socket in there) I couldn't get enough
leverage or space to give the thing a hard pop.
So I came up with the brilliant idea of removing the mounting bracket
since it was easy to maneuver a giant breaker bar on that plain...
all three bolts broke loose with only a little bit of force on the
end of my 3 foot bar. Upon loosening them further (now with a rachet)
I heard a snap inside the body of the car; the threaded part broke
off the body/chassis!

I'm not sure how to get at the other end of these bolts...
anyone have any ideas?

Thanks for the help.

 

[krumpelstiltskin]

I've been trying to remove the trailing arms in my 02 forester...
  fighting through the enormous amount of rust I managed to remove it
from the knuckle.

The short version:

There is a mounting bracket that connects the front of the trailing
arm to the body/chassis (with 3 bolts on it).
I snapped the threaded part (hidden inside the chassis)...
   the  bolt just moves freely now and I can't remove it because the
threaded part that was attached to the chassis are still on the bolt!

Any ideas on how to get at the threaded part?

The long version(because I need to vent):

The front end was a pain since (even though I managed to fit a low
profile breaker bar with socket in there) I couldn't get enough
leverage or space to give the thing a hard pop.
So I came up with the brilliant idea of removing the mounting bracket
since it was easy to maneuver a giant breaker bar on that plain...
   all three bolts broke loose with only a little bit of force on the
end of my 3 foot bar.  Upon loosening them further (now with a rachet)
I heard a snap inside the body of the car;  the threaded part broke
off the body/chassis!

I'm not sure how to get at the other end of these bolts...
  anyone have any ideas?

Thanks for the help.

I ended up removing the back seat and making some holes in the
sheetmetal to get to the bolts...
went off without a hitch.