Man...I stalked that sum-*****....lol

weeee. yippie.... :cheers:

Ok got the other spring out but the nut on the inside of the mount is freespinning. Help!


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You need to cut an access hole in the frame rail....re-weld the nut...and re-weld the frame rail.....

Or take out the old one instead of rewelding, and hold a new one with vice grips while you put the new bolt through.

That's what I was afraid of, anyone here with experience?

yea we did it on Tim's old XJ. At the inside of the front spring mount there is a pocket the welded nut sits in (not inside the frame rail). You need to use a grinder to cut out the bottom of the pocket, so you can jam a crescent wrench up there and onto the nut. Tim might have a photo of his afterwards...

That won't ruin its strength?

not very much - you need to leave the sides of the pocket though

No luck. Just went through my album.

So you saying cut a hole here?


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Like dis

yes the bottom of that pocket


how did you get the bolt out if the nut is spinning????

oh and I have 8 leaf spring bolts in good condition - just threw them in my truck.

got the TJ flares on the rear only today - putting flares on the rear of an XJ sucks balls. They look decent...not totally happy with how the rears look (mostly at the break point) but I don't plan to have them on the jeep too long.

Front should be cake though. Will try to tackle that tomorrow after work.

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