moundhill

me and my dad are puting on my lift, and we have to take off the back leaf springs to put the new ones on. and we ran into a tangle, as always.
the front bolt is somehow not coming out of the frame. the bolt will turn, but the bolt sleeve stays still. any solutions?

heres the pic

storm101

not exactly sure if I am understanding this correctly but if the bolt is NOT froze in the bushing sleeve it could be an issue of the leaf pack moving and putting pressure on the bolt keeping it stuck in there at an angle.

try to jack the spring into a position where the bolt is straight and not supporting either the jack pressure or the leaf pack.

if it happens to be totally fused with the bushing sleeve lots of pb blast and the bolt spinning in and out should break it loose.

jth877

It's the famous "weld nut" issue. Inside the uni-frame there is a nut welded to it. The bolt gets threaded into that. Your problem, which happens 90% of the time, is the tack weld that holds the nut inside of the frame broke and you are spinning the nut inside the frame.

https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f2/lea...-problem-2891/

alpine.adrenaline

I think he has already backed it out to the point that it isn't in the threads of that bolt welded to the frame. I had to use a crowbar to push the bolt out of it's sleeve. Just rust and crud seizing it. As long as you aren't threaded into anything it's just going to take some PB blaster & brute force to pull it out.

rweaver138

looks like the bolt sleeve is frozen to the bolt, but the bolt is spinning and in turn the bolt sleeve is pushing out the leaf spring pocket, correct or no?

this happend to me as well, the bolt is not frozen so cut the inside that you've so delicately marked "moving bolt," then use a bolt retractor to get the short stub out.

dyte2004

i would try and hammer that spring hanger back in and se if it frees the sleave

OverlandZJ

Agreed.. you could cut alongside the bushing on both sides and let the spring drop out. Cut the head off the bolt if needed as well.

moundhill

That's exactly what is happening.

rweaver138

you get it out?

moundhill

Nope, not yet at least. my dad works nights, so tommorow morn when he gets off work were gonna try it again.