frozen bolt
#1
frozen bolt
having trouble with this bolt on my leaf springs...the nut came off so all i have is the bolt sitting there holding it all together. its hard to bang out because you cant get much leverage on it, the body of the stang is in the way. this is on a 65
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#2
RE: frozen bolt
Welcome to the club. Everybody I know (to include myself) has had to deal with that bolt. I simply used a sawzall (reciprocating saw) with some new steel cutting blades and cut it twice just inside the hanger. Others have used torches and air cut -off tools. At any rate, you will need to cut it out.
#4
RE: frozen bolt
ORIGINAL: eZ
so get the sawzall and cut the bolt on both sides of the leaf spring so that the spring falls down...then try to knock the rest out?
so get the sawzall and cut the bolt on both sides of the leaf spring so that the spring falls down...then try to knock the rest out?
#8
RE: frozen bolt
That would be a torch. I had to use a torch to get the nut off one of my bolts but every one of them came out with a little pursuation from a hammer and a punch. You just have to angle the punch the correct way to get it out. Once it is knocked loose, just grab it with some vise grips and twist until it comes out.
#9
RE: frozen bolt
Just played with this exact bolt last week. I ended up using the old sawzall on it too. It was a real mother to get out and next time i wont even bother with getting the nut off... just cut the darn thing right from the get go
#10
RE: frozen bolt
ORIGINAL: Halz5
Just played with this exact bolt last week. I ended up using the old sawzall on it too. It was a real mother to get out and next time i wont even bother with getting the nut off... just cut the darn thing right from the get go
Just played with this exact bolt last week. I ended up using the old sawzall on it too. It was a real mother to get out and next time i wont even bother with getting the nut off... just cut the darn thing right from the get go