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Old 03-02-2012 | 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by norma jean
Wait you have one?
Judging by the tow hooks in his sig pic I am assuming he had to fight with those bolts when he installed them.

Me I just took a cut off wheel and hacked the heads of the bolts off when I put my hooks on. They will make you rage when you see how they are designed though.
 
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Old 03-02-2012 | 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by ODXBeef
Judging by the tow hooks in his sig pic I am assuming he had to fight with those bolts when he installed them.

Me I just took a cut off wheel and hacked the heads of the bolts off when I put my hooks on. They will make you rage when you see how they are designed though.
oo no, rage is bad, and i have no cut off wheel, so im going to try and get them off today, prior to buying a bull bar, if they dont come off, no bull bar for me, unless i get one reallll cheap
 
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Old 03-02-2012 | 12:00 PM
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Just be prepared to spend a few hours...on each bolt...another contributing factor is Dodge uses non-service removable locktite on a lot of their fasteners. Trying to take the 4 bolts out of the rear pinion to replace my u-joint was a total PIA because of that.
 
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Old 03-02-2012 | 01:06 PM
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No, Kent has tow hooks. Same bolts though!
 
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Old 03-02-2012 | 02:48 PM
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i tried with just a ratchet no cheater bar or nothing, i just got it to turn a couple times and i gave up
 
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Old 03-02-2012 | 03:10 PM
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Very nice man, very nice. I love tax time haha.
 
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Old 03-02-2012 | 09:32 PM
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So I crawled under the truck and was able to get the drivers side out without a hitch, but the passenger side is spinning guess ill have to fight it later
 
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Old 03-02-2012 | 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by norma jean


i tried with just a ratchet no cheater bar or nothing, i just got it to turn a couple times and i gave up
thats rusted big time. all you will do is spin the whole bushing.
 
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Old 03-02-2012 | 10:24 PM
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gonna be a happy truck!
 
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Old 03-02-2012 | 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by jkeaton
thats rusted big time. all you will do is spin the whole bushing.
Thats how both mine are. The only reason my push bar is still sitting in my shed. It was easy getting the other 6 factory bolts it uses out.
Other then the 2 Tow hook bolts, Its a very simple install.
 

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