xjjethro
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- cedar springs MI
the bolt in the front of my leaf spring will not come loose and i cant cut it off because it has to come out of the frame for the new springs to go in any ideas
Thanks, Ty
Thanks, Ty
I dought you'll have enough room to get a impact in there, I know I couldent. Make sure the jeep is on all fours and not jack stands, put the breaker bar on there and get a piece of pipe to help get some leverage, and slowly do it. Thats what I had to do, then it came out just fine.
IF you get to the heating the bolt, before it cools, take a crayola, and melt it on the threads as it cools, the cooling of the bolt, and capillary action (I suppose) will suck the wax into the threads, and help with extraction, works with exhaust bolts. We used to run a car till the exhaust was hot, do the crayon, then remove the exhaust. It helps alot with those, so maybe it will help with those too.
are you talking about the shackle bolts? i just cut everything out after trying to get them loose for two days, and a week and half of hosing it down with pb blaster prior to the lift.
this is for the top bolt on the shackle dont use on the bottem unless you have new springs
take a cutting torch cut the shackle off on both sides knock it off
then cut the sleve thats around the rubber then take a nife to the rubber now that the shackle and bushing is off you can see the sleave that was between the rubber and the bolt heat that up
get it nice and hot then hit the head of the bolt (strait on dont mess it up) with a medium size hammer then try the impact on the bolt should come off but watch that it dosnt strech the mount
if it streches the mount then cut that sleave off the bolt with the torch if your good or a die grinder i use a torch but you
have to be carful not to cut the bolt
if the bolt dosnt want to come out you can heat it as much as needed now also
hope this helps its the way i had to do it
Try these guys: http://www.kanolabs.com/ The AeroKroil works way better than PB or anything else ive found on the shelves
When i built my 87 these leaf main eye bolts were a beeotch! spray the crap out of them, and there should be some holes nearby where you can soak the inside of the unibody and the nut, drink a beer or two, whack the bolt dead on with a hammer ( i think it helps break up the crud, re apply, another beer so on and so forth until your patience is stretching, then go to bed. You can work them loose, just be patient.