Driver side came off good, both bolts. Blasted them for 4 days prior. Pass side lower came off but the upper is really hard to spin. I can turn it , but its really hard. Its turned like 20 times but still flush against frame? If the nut inside broke wouldn't it spin easily ?

Yes if the nut broke it would spin easily it may be frozen and dont be suprised if it breaks happened to me on my buddies jeep. Ended up cutting hole in the hatch floor and beating it till it broke at the welds

not necessarily spin easy if the weld is broken. You could have compounding problems, meaning the welds broke off but the bolt is still rusted to the bushing sleeve

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zkeifer, have any pictures of this process? thanks

if you take off your rear bumper theres a little hole and you can see inside there to see if the nut broke loose. i would cut that hole bigger before i cut a hole in the hatch floor because theres allready a hole there and you can easily cover it by the rear bumper but thats just me.

I did but i deleted them just find your place on the floor lined up with the shackle and then cut to the inside of the shackle a little and that should put you right above the nut and then what i did is had one guy apply heat whyll another took a pry bar and a BFH and started beating the dookie out of it till it broke at the welds

It dosent have to be a big hole just something you can patch easily

This is from another forum, is the idea either way you go through frame or floor to re weld a nut on the frame, or just use the same method if you have to access the nut again ?

If you dont have a welder or acess just use a wrench but yea same idea

ok, thanks for all the replies. I heated it with a torch, and was able to get the bolt out. It seems like the bolt was slightly seized to the inner sleeve on the shackle bushing as I had to pry the shackle out and the sleeve was sticking way out on the outside. My question is, if I use the stock bolts again (as I can't find the same size any where), am I setting my self up for failure? I planned on coating them in anti-seize grease. Let me know your thoughts...

Being as you have heated them I would replace. Steel warp hardens which makes it harder but more prone to cracking. Have you tried a place like Fastenal for a replacement?

Your local hardware store? Id get new nut and bolt

They are an odd size and thread. Well not that common anyways, nothing matched at ace. But I did soak them in brake cleaner for a day and re-greased with anti seize lube. Turns out the nut was fine but the bolt mated with the bushing sleeve, you can see where the sleeve is pulled out. It was a bear to get out but slid back in the new shackle nice . I only heated the body not really the bolt and just for a tiny bit with a plumber torch. Prob did less then just waiting till morning when I wasn't so frustrated. Haha thanks for comments

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