I think I would cut the floor, then make a trap door for it if your going to go through the floor. That way you can get to it in the future.

 

Yea I did some research on other forums and found a ton of people that had the same issues as myself. I cut the hole in the mount right under the nut and just painted it to keep it from rusting too fast. I read about and saw pictures of a few members of jeep forums.com that have had this done for the past 5+years without painting over it and it still looked fine. Thanks for all of the help guys it deffinately helped.

 

Am I missing something here? Thats a broken off bolt, right? Drill a 1/4" hole thru it, pound a extractor in the hole, soak it in PB Blaster and twist it back out.

 

not sure bout him, but i tried soaking mine for days with liquid wrench, pb blaster and wd40 and still broke off 3 extractors trying that.

sometimes our canadian winters takes it's toll.

 

i've broken extractors on smaller/not as rusted bolts so i really wanted to avoid buying them for nothing. the money i saved by not buying drill bits and extractors i used on wire and weatherproof butt connectors to wire up the hella rally lights that came just bolted to the roof rack of my xj haha.
http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/showt...af+spring+bolt
I did just like the guy in post#13 shows in the diagram/picture.

took no time at all. and i really don't see any problems coming from it either. now i gave the dirt and mud a place to leak out from, i had to chissel the dirt out around the nut with a flat head screw driver and hammer lol.

 

I needed this thanks... but now where can i find the bolt again? I dont wanna go throught he dealer... would like farm and fleet have it or ACE

 

i am trying to figure out what bolts are used mm or standard american

 

I had the same problem, I got the bolt from Napa, just matched it up with the other side since i was replacing both sides

 

What tool would I use to cut a hole like that. Sorry I'm a noob.

Thanks

 

I useds a drill to start the hole then a small blade on a saws-all.

 

Cutting the hole with a jig saw is easy, then make a cover for the floor that has three or four screws holding it. Use rtv or make a gasket and next time will be a snap.

 

Can you help to find where exactly to open the floor to reach the front leaf spring nut ? Many thanks !

cutting throught

 

this is basically how i cut to access mine. make the cut just big enough to fit an open end wrench in there, and bobs yer uncle.

 

Joey, you asked in another thread just yesterday. I posted a response showing the same thing there as Caged did here, which is cut a window in the perch. There is no need to go thru the floorpan. Its overkill.

https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f2/fro...emoval-170838/