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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 10:39 AM
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Im replacing the leaf spring centering bolts because the drivers side broke and shifted the axle all crazy. is there an easy way to get the old bolt out of the mount on the axle? it looks like there is no room at all.
http://rustysoffroad.com/mm5/merchan...y_Code=LEAFACC thats what im trying to replace
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 11:01 AM
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it's not fastened to the axle, it just sits in the hole in the perch.
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by FrankZ
it's not fastened to the axle, it just sits in the hole in the perch.
It just sets in the spring perch hole. It's possible that it's just rusty down in there. Shoot it with a little PB blaster and pull it out.
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 01:52 PM
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Default Broken bolt in spring perch

Weld on an old bolt onto the broken off stud to get ahold of it. Then just yank it out.
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 02:11 PM
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Pull the Ubolts and let the axle drop, use a punch on the bottom broken off bolt to drive out what is left of the bolt from the top.
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 04:06 PM
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thanks guys.
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