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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 10:12 PM
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i was wondering if anyone else has or had this problem...if so what did you do to get the snapped bolt out.
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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 10:21 PM
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take it to a local machine shop or welder or go buy good drill bits and an easy out
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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 10:35 PM
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where did it snap off? 2 of mine snapped off where it went into the spacer. Once I removed the spacer, i was able to get a pair of vice grips on what was left of the bolts, then applied some heat to melt the threadlocker Blue the bolts had on them and they cam eright out
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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 10:47 PM
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x2, mine did the same.....heat and visegrips
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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 11:30 PM
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Just did mine all three broke!!! Tried drillin didnt work ended up buyin a reman box from autozone $127 bucks. Try the visegrips and heat and be patient. My box had 185xxx miles so i dont regret replacing it, it drives like a new truck. I can say be careful with the factory spacer, i shattered mine and jeep charges 125 bucks for a new one, but theyre out of production so i got one from c rok for 50 bucks. All in all i didnt wana spend so much money but it was worth it and drives great !! Patience my friend, dont be like me and get a bug up ur *** and be in a hurry to get it done, it always costs you. Oh, and lots of pb blaster for a few days never hurts....
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 04:57 PM
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thanks boys!
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