Cottontail
Three-De Off-Road
- Location
- Nashville, TN
Ok...so I took all the suggestions I got and tried them to remove the frozen front leaf spring bolt...
1. I tried to drill out the bolt to get an extractor into it. Couldn't get the hole deep enough.
2. Tried to heat the bolt and then drill. Made a ton of smoke come out of the gaps in the "pocket" where the welded bolt was. Best I have available to heat it is a Burnz-o-matic hand held propane torch.
3. Cut an access hole in the bottom of the "pocket" to attempt to break the weld on the weld and get a new one in.
Nothing worked...so...
I've been concerned about too much heat as there are fuel lines running along the drivers side frame rail.
Seriously, what else can be done?
Can another old long bolt be welded onto the stub that is frozen and back out with a wrench/socket?
What steps need to be taken to break the weld on the old nut. I put a bar against the nut and beat on it with a hammer, but nothing.
Really guys...am I screwed at this point?
1. I tried to drill out the bolt to get an extractor into it. Couldn't get the hole deep enough.
2. Tried to heat the bolt and then drill. Made a ton of smoke come out of the gaps in the "pocket" where the welded bolt was. Best I have available to heat it is a Burnz-o-matic hand held propane torch.
3. Cut an access hole in the bottom of the "pocket" to attempt to break the weld on the weld and get a new one in.
Nothing worked...so...
I've been concerned about too much heat as there are fuel lines running along the drivers side frame rail.
Seriously, what else can be done?
Can another old long bolt be welded onto the stub that is frozen and back out with a wrench/socket?
What steps need to be taken to break the weld on the old nut. I put a bar against the nut and beat on it with a hammer, but nothing.
Really guys...am I screwed at this point?