Bolt help...shocks and leaf springs

ntrsvic said:

Hello again.

Middle of putting a lift on. Got a few questions.

1. As expected...all four bolt heads on the rear shocks broke off. We are going to drill thoe out. What size bolt do we need to put in there? and should we use a slightly wider bolt now? Are they the same size as the front shocks?..if so, that makes this easy to figuire out.

I used Warrior Bar Pins. and the bolts were a little smaller than the stock ones, they just poped right in.

2. Can not get one of the four bolts (the front one that screws into the frame) out of the leaf spring. It seems the threads are now stuck into the internal metal ring of the bushing (we can see that rotate...the rubber part doesn't).

Try a pickle fork to pound it out. If the bolt is spining with the sleave use the fork to apply pressure then try to spin the bolt.

2a. We have tried PB blaster and a torch and trying to get a crowbar in there to stop the metal cyclinder from rotatiing. Any ideas on how to get that bolt out? Besides cutting apart everything? (We dont think the bolt is out enough before it seazed to just cut the bolt)

Is the bolt still in the nutsert? If not cut the bolt with a sawzaw grab a beer and put the new spring in.

2b Dimensions on those four bolts and a place to buy them online?..Anyone know one...I can't find a site that has em listed.

try the stealership....

Thanks in advance for any help :flipoff:

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