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Old Nov 4, 2011 | 06:07 AM
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okay so I'm in the middle of installing my lift and my freaking trac bar wont come off. ive soaked it with pb blaster, still nothing. is there a trick to this magic or not?

I'm about to just cut the head off of the bolt
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Old Nov 4, 2011 | 07:50 AM
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Acetylene torch my friend.
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Old Nov 4, 2011 | 08:08 AM
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It would help to know which end.....
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Old Nov 4, 2011 | 08:15 AM
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Originally Posted by FrankZ
It would help to know which end.....
Pass side sorry on the axle, I'm lifting it and I need to move it over
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Old Nov 4, 2011 | 08:16 AM
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Acetylene torch my friend.
which part should I hate up, the bolt in the little nook, or the one on the outside.
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Old Nov 4, 2011 | 08:18 AM
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There is a tab nut on the back side heat it up also try coke its an old hot rod-ers trick
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Old Nov 4, 2011 | 08:19 AM
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It's frozen in the bushing. Hopefully you have a air hammer handy to drive it out. Cut the head off and drive what's left out but you'll have to cut the bolt again behind the flag nut to get it all out.
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Old Nov 4, 2011 | 08:28 AM
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There is a tab nut on the back side heat it up also try coke its an old hot rod-ers trick
yeah i saw the tab and felt the nut..so what's the coke trick? poor coke on it or something?
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Old Nov 4, 2011 | 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by jbsjunk
It's frozen in the bushing. Hopefully you have a air hammer handy to drive it out. Cut the head off and drive what's left out but you'll have to cut the bolt again behind the flag nut to get it all out.
oh okay, do cutting the bolt is a no go then.

i don't have an air hammer, maybe i can borrow one...
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Old Nov 4, 2011 | 08:56 AM
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Yeah that's what i have been told to do many times i never do because im stubborn and if it breaks im ok with that i like buying grade 8 bolts anyways they are so much stronger then most factory bolts
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Old Nov 4, 2011 | 11:13 AM
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i just changed mine last weekend. the passenger side i had to cut both sides of the bolt on each end of the bushing inside the bracket. had to bend the bracket out a bit but i had the same issue as you. as far as the drivers side i the nut on top was all rusted to hell and i took the whole bracket off. Chryslers wonderful designers put a round tab on one of the bolts to take it off and i had to cut that one off as well. and then had to drill threw the bracket to pound out the tapered ball joint. hope it helps but i struggled for hours with wrenchs and defeated it in minutes with a circular cutting saw.
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Old Nov 4, 2011 | 12:45 PM
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Okay so I've got that little washer/bracket thing like loose but its not falling out..and ideas? Like I can stick my fingure in there and I can feel it and it feels like its off but its not coming out?
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Old Nov 4, 2011 | 03:27 PM
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okay so the nut fell put, but the bolts just spinning, ideas??
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Old Nov 4, 2011 | 06:45 PM
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cut it off. or torch. only choice.
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Old Nov 4, 2011 | 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by sparknutz07
i just changed mine last weekend. the passenger side i had to cut both sides of the bolt on each end of the bushing inside the bracket. had to bend the bracket out a bit but i had the same issue as you.
This. I had the nut out and everything, the bolt was seized in the bushing though.
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