Why complicate it? He has everything he needs.
I'm just wondering why he didn't already have the tools.
Tools, I use my head (best tool I have) most of the time, LOL, worked for 45 years. But I rarely, until now do this kind of work. I am not, or at least have not been into welding and cutting, metal fab work. That seems to be changing.
But this time a 5 foot cheater pipe and 3/4" breaker bar using a hydraulic floor jack to push the cheater pipe and the jeeps weight on the other end with a weak of PB Blaster soaking did nothing to loosen the bolts.
Two super heavy duty 3/4" impact wrenches (one 600 ft lb that broke down and bought) and one huge IW-BRUTE that my friend uses for larger industrial bolts on power transformers both got laughed at by the bolts after 15 minutes of beating on them. I was shocked the bolts did not break or break the welded nut up the tube frame (god forbid).
There are 2-3 write ups on the how and why you need a cutting torch and a grinder to cut the spring off, then the eye of the spring off (3/8" tick plate), then the outer steel bushing, then the rubber bushing off, then you need to chisel the inner bushing split open, and then soak the bolt/sleeve in PB Blaster tell you get the inner steel sleeve loose from the bolt. The inner steel sleeve rusts and welds itself to the bolts. The rear bolt you can just cut off both ends (the lower shackle bolt to bushing anyway) but even then you still have to deal with the remaining uncut ends stuck in the frame box holes.
The high risk on the front bolt is breaking the weld on the front nut that is inside the frame tubing. Or having the bolt break with out getting the bolt/thread out of the nut!!!
Only way we ever got the nut off the rear bolt was getting it cherry red hot for 4-5 minutes to break the rust weld/bond. Still never got the bolt to rotate inside the sleeve thus could not tap it out, finally just had cut the thing into 3-4 pieces to get it out.
Using that torch :flame: 3-4 inches from a full gas tank is fun. Always say your prayers first boys LOL
I am Still trying to get the front inner split ring off the front bolt.
Plan to try again today if the weather holds up and I have time. The problem is that even if you get the bolt loose from the hidden unreachable nut in the frame tubing, the now fully exposed inner steel sleeve is stuck to the bolt, and rotating the bolt just bends and damages the box that holds the spring bushing assy, until you get the inner bushing steel sleeve loose to rotate and slide on the bolt.