well im swapping in exploder leafs into my truck and i cant get the front bolt to even break loose on the drivers side can i heat them? i know it will get stuck when i try and pound it out what are some good tricks to getting these bolts out there a pain in the ***. right now they are soaking in wd40.


Thanks guys

 

wd40 is fail. get some PB blaster

 

they got some stuff in a can that freezes the bolt now, maybe give that a shot

 

^^^ never heard of that stuff

 

go to any auto parts store they should have it, its a white can with a yellow lid. makes wd40 look like trash lol

 

i know what pb blaster is dumb *** i was talking about the freeze stuff lol im just so frustrated it took me all day to pull 2 leafs and a left front axle shaft from my buddys junk yard and i just worked on my truck for 4 hours and got one leaf off

 

you need to work out then lol

 

the funny part is im using an impact that has 500 lbs or torque in reverse and i held it for a good 30 second multiple time and it didnt move an inch

 

someone has a vagina for a right arm! hahaha jk! get some steel piping and use it as a torque bar.. it may take like 3 feet of piping but just to get enough leverage.

 

yeah thats what im going to try this morning i have been working on this damn thing since 9 this morning with about a 4 hour break

 

seriously, i had to use a breaker bar to get the bolts out of my shackles when i flipped my hangers

 

its not the shackles its the bolts on the front of the leaf springs and it the drivers side so the damn gas tank is there its suck a pain in my ***

 

yea i think im gonna have some fun tomarrow dealing with my swaybar and the gastank being next to it

 

yeah when i swapped axles i just left the bars hand from the frame the gas tank sucks ***

 

ah ic ic... so this is what i have to look forward to!!! im going to swap exploder leaf springs in my ranger too!!!

 

yeah its blows lol

best advice the soaked the exploder leafs with wd40 last week and everything came apart pretty easy my truck i didnt do and i regret it

 

Cut the bolt with a sawzall and and use an air chisel to punch the rest out. Thats what I had to do when I replaced mine. But on mine, I had to end up cutting 3 out of 6 bolts with the sawzall. If you do end up cutting it off, I would suggest using a carbide blade otherwise you'll go through a bunch of regular ones.

 

I ended up cutting the bolts out of the SAS donor I had. It was just easier than use force to turn it.

 

i dont think there is enough room between the gas tank and the shackle to cut the head off and punch it out if i cant get it to move thats what happening this morning.


did you guys cut bettwen the leaf and the hanger or on the outside of the hanger

 

My shackle bolt was stuck last weekend when I did my lift. It was siezed into the sleeze of the bushing.

I brought the truck into a heavy rig garage, and the dude came out with a 3 foot long air hammer to beat it out. Took him 15 minutes with it, it looked like the truck was going to rattle apart.

He did what I would never have been able to do, so I was happy to pay the $80 labour for him to change that shackle. I figured I put in 6 hours on one bolt with no success, so I sucked it up and just paid for it to be over.

 

lol why would you even think about heating it up when the gas tank is like 6 inches away...

 

Grow a pair try heating it.



i welded on the driver frame rail right next to the spring hanger

caught some plastic conduit on fire inside the frame rail at the same time... luckily i had a fire extinguisher ready ha

but seriously, a little butane torch on the bolt isn't gonna do **** to the gas tank, just make sure your well ventilated incase there are any fumes coming out.

 

^^^ agree im not going to be using a huge torch. i bought a cam of pb blaster this morning so hopefully things will go smoother

 

anyone else the pb blaster didnt do **** and i cant move it with a big bar

 

let your sister try? i bet shes stronger