Shackle bolt lose but stuck
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From: Oceanside C.A
Year: 1992 Laredo
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 inline 6
Okay so here's the problem, installing my new AAL and my whole underneath is rusty as a ****. When trying to get the back shackle bolt out, I got it loose but it seems like it's still stuck in the nut and won't come out. Any help would be appreciated.
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From: Frederick, MD
Year: 1989
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Originally Posted by rlssteiner
Okay so here's the problem, installing my new AAL and my whole underneath is rusty as a ****. When trying to get the back shackle bolt out, I got it loose but it seems like it's still stuck in the nut and won't come out. Any help would be appreciated.
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From: Oceanside C.A
Year: 1992 Laredo
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Engine: 4.0 inline 6
There's somewhat of resistance when using my socket.. It feels like if its strip almost. You think the nut on the back broke the weld and that nut is spinning with it now?
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From: Frederick, MD
Year: 1989
Model: Cherokee
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Originally Posted by rlssteiner
There's somewhat of resistance when using my socket.. It feels like if its strip almost. You think the nut on the back broke the weld and that nut is spinning with it now?
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From: KCMO
Year: 1992
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 I6
Yesh, they can be a real PITA. I had the same and ended up going through the floor, enlarging the access hole so I could get a socket on welded nut... There are a ton of posts about it but that is how I got past mine. Front LCA bolt had froze metal sleeve inside the bushing...good fun there too.
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From: Dalton, MA
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 H.O. 180K miles
Has the bolt backed out at all? if so it is prolly out of the nut and seized inside the bushing sleeve. If it's just spinning and hasnt backed out of the nut your going to have to get a wrench of it through an access hole
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