Death Wobble
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Luckily, mine were easy to remove, as the truck's control arms weren't subjected to a lot of snow and salty roads in this area. I soaked the bolts with PB Blaster and removed the nuts with my air impact wrench. I believe I removed the bolts with my air hammer and a punch. I was able to re-use the original bolts and nuts.
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I had my impact and a breaker bar today and still haven't even budged them yet but I was running out of time and will try again tomorrow. The salt is terrible around here and rusts everything. I soaked them with PB Blaster before I left my shop I hope that will help. What do you think about cutting the head and nut off with a cut off air tool and just pulling the control arms out? Have you heard of anyone doing that?
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Might want to see if you can use a stronger impact wrench after soaking the bolts/nuts overnight with PB Blaster. See if you can grab a good air operated 3/4" impact wrench and be sure to use an impact grade socket. That should either remove the bolt or snap it off. I'm also not a fan of cutting the bolts off, since you might accidentally damage/cut the control arm frame supports in the process.
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I think they got the plastic right in the 3rd gens. I had an 04 hemi for 11 years (bought new) and had no issues at all with plastics. Had plenty of issues with rust. The 2nd gens I see in the yards around here, only the dash top and front frame around the instrument cluster is broken.
Last edited by fj5gtx; 11-28-2017 at 10:53 PM.