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Done working on it for the night, Heading to Sears to see what tools I can find to help out the job. I did get the upper lower control bolt to break loose
I got one of the nuts off but the bolt is stuck in the sleeve. The other bolt broke off and the rest of it is still stuck in the sleeve. Also one of the mounts for the sway bar bolts is stripped out inside the frame. Any ideas on any of the above situations?
I was told I should change them because the new ones were 3/4" longer. I don't have the option to use the old ones now. They are in a bunch of pieces and I still can't get the lower bolts out.
Use whatever you have to blow the heads off the bolts. You don't need to reuse the arms, or the bushings, so, if you have to burn 'em off with a torch, so be it. Just don't marf up the hole the bolt goes thru. Sawzall would work too..... or, die grinder.
I got the new cam bolts from Napa. I just have to figure out how to get the other bolts out. I don't have a torch but I do have a sawzall. I just picked up some new blades just in case I needed them.
Finally got the cam bolts out and everything installed on the truck. Now to deal with the stripped out bolt on the sway bar frame mount. Any ideas on this? I want to thank you all for your help with all of this.
Finally got the cam bolts out and everything installed on the truck. Now to deal with the stripped out bolt on the sway bar frame mount. Any ideas on this? I want to thank you all for your help with all of this.
Glad to hear you got them out, So couple things to try, Is there enough meat left in the nut to thread chase it or tap it? Self tapping metric bolt, then the fun one of punching the old nut out and feeding a new nut/bolt into the frame with a fish wire. I am sure more will have ideas.
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