Rear springs make me want to scream!!!!
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From: Detroit, MI
Year: 1994
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
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From: Waterford, Michigan
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 99 4.0
I used and industrial metal sprayer that you pressurize with your air line, but im sure that a heavy duty plastic spray bottle will do just fine. The key is to run the bolt in and out of the threads while spraying the shank of the bolt. A BFH is also your friend here, get a buddy to hold a pry bar on the back side of the sleeve and beat the f*** out of it with socket on the head of the bolt(this will only work with the threads out of the hole). I know this is frustrating, I spent an entire weekend trying to get one leaf spring out.
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From: Ortonville, MI
Year: '97
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
You can't run the bolt in and out while spraying with oil if it is 100% stuck and will not budge at all... I've since put the xj on the back burner and have been working on other projects. I'm probably going to give it a go again tomorrow.
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From: Flint/Asheville
Year: 1995
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 HO
haha i use to live in holly, my father is from Ortonville and my gf is from Waterford. small world
Have you thought about using a sawzall and cutting the bolt out?
Have you thought about using a sawzall and cutting the bolt out?
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From: Ortonville, MI
Year: '97
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Ha, I actually live in holly now. I grew up in ortonville. I never updated my profile on here.
If I get to it this weekend, I'll probably hit you up. Thanks for the offer!
My buddy that owns the jeep is out of town until next Saturday, so it isn't on the top of my priority list...
If I get to it this weekend, I'll probably hit you up. Thanks for the offer!
My buddy that owns the jeep is out of town until next Saturday, so it isn't on the top of my priority list...
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From: Broward County Fl.
Year: 1989 xj sport 2dr
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 12 hole bosch Injectors
if you are not using the rear springs again maybe drill a hole thru the loop of the spring thru the rubber and sleeve and spray pb in there to let it soak for a couple of days
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From: Ortonville, MI
Year: '97
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Lol, that was exactly my idea days ago... Here is what I wrote. Nobody commented, so I figured nobody thought it was a good idea. Haha
I was thinking about this last night again. I came up with an idea. Drill a small hole through the spring eye, through the rubber and through the bushing sleeve. If the spring hanger bolt is anything like the control arm bolts, there is a slightly smaller dia on the shoulder of the bolt where the bushing sleeve is. Maybe through this newly drill access hole, pb or whatever oil you like can be sprayed through it on the bolt shoulder. With the smaller dia bolt shoulder, the oil can pool up between the bolt and bushing, and maybe aid in getting it loose.
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From: rhode island
Year: 1992
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 HO
breaker bars are snapable, broke a couple 1/2" craftsmans doing my wheel bearings. But on a bolt that size the bolt should have snapped first. WEAK.
I had a 89 xj from maine i couldn't get it out either. Eventually I just cut the bolt out out with a sawsall on both sides of the spring bushing. Then cut out the spot in the frame where the old bolt and nut were and welded in a new plate with a new nut welded on it. Worked fine, isn't any weaker, and was way faster than pb blasting for a week. I just didn't want to mess with it in the cold for too too long
I had a 89 xj from maine i couldn't get it out either. Eventually I just cut the bolt out out with a sawsall on both sides of the spring bushing. Then cut out the spot in the frame where the old bolt and nut were and welded in a new plate with a new nut welded on it. Worked fine, isn't any weaker, and was way faster than pb blasting for a week. I just didn't want to mess with it in the cold for too too long
I assume you mean the front bolts, Im having a similar issue. I have to replace the nut and was wondering about trying to get the bracket off. How did you do it?
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From: rhode island
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From: Williamsport, Pa
Year: 1997
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
I've seen a tread somewhere, can't find it right now, but someone else cut a hole just below where that nut is. He just cut 3 sides and folded the metal out, welded the nut back on, then folded the metal back flush and welded it back up.
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From: Middlesex County CT
Year: 1993
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 H.O
Just a piece of advice. If you heat the bolt then dump ice water on it DO NOT REUSE THE BOLT! The heating/sudden cooling will harden the hell out of it and it will snap suddenly while you are driving.
I have had luck in these situations by burning out the rubber bushing if all else fails. But usually some Aero Kroil will get them loose.
I have had luck in these situations by burning out the rubber bushing if all else fails. But usually some Aero Kroil will get them loose.