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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 04:31 PM
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Alright so as you can tell im pissed.
Working on taking off my rear hitch off my other cherokee to put on my nice cherokee. First thing that happens is i get all 4 bolts out and then boom! Damn thing falls down onto my chest. Thats a lot of weight falling + 50-60lbs!!!
After that i find out it has a nut strip! sweet! Hell no it cant be easy to get out off comes the rear bumper! get 3 bolts out... Damn thing is hard to get off! so i slam the rachet against the bumper a freakin cloud of ancient dirt and mud all over me great!!

Any easier way to get this bumper off?? Also i took the gas tank skid off and i am not putting it back on it! its for sale!
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 04:56 PM
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The rear bumper bolts (well both bumpers, really) are in such a crappy place. It takes 5 minutes on each side of ratchet-ing, and each turn you make with the ratchet turns the nut like 1/10th of a spin. It takes a while, but there's no other way -___-
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 04:57 PM
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Damn alright once my chest feels better i will go out and finish it.
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 05:06 PM
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It's a pain, good luck!
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 05:14 PM
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I find throwing my tools out the garage and into the street to be very theraputic - especially if the nasty busybody mongoloid woman across the street is out walking her two rats.
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Evil Drew M
I find throwing my tools out the garage and into the street to be very theraputic - especially if the nasty busybody mongoloid woman across the street is out walking her two rats.
no clue what you mean by the women but she sounds scary!!! lol
Well im still pissed... gonna go throw some more tools around!
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 05:45 PM
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an air ratchet will make your life so much better thats wht i used when i had to take mine off a couple of times takes like 5 min total to get off
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 07:15 PM
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Yup I got it! Now taking off my nice cherokees gas tank skid and and broke the welds on the nut strip its my first ever broken bolt I'm so happy . I have extra nut strips too lol.
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