MHoude36

Ok so heres my short story! Did the junkyard lift at about 4 1/2 in and got DW (no suprise) so i ordered me one of those fancy IRO adjustable track bars! Go to take the old one out and was not able to break the nut loose (though almost bursting my own in the process). So i decided to take my trusting angle grinder to it. Well long story short i have the "Track bar" removed but all that remains is the bolt in the frameside track bar mount. oh and to top it all off after all this the D@^& nut came loose. So ive tried using a C-Clamp and socket to get it out no luck, so i'm thinking of drilling through it. Anythoughts as this is my DD and need it runnin asap! Thanks from a SAD PANDA

JeepingDan

Shouldn't have done that! The shank the bolt is on is shaped like a cone. It will never come off unless that bolt is off.
If I was in this situation I'd unbolt the mount from the frame for room and visibility and start cutting that bolt in half.

MHoude36

Well i'm putting in a whole new adj track bar so i figured if i could just get the old bolt out i should be fine, or am i mistaken?

JeepingDan

Yea once its removed without any damage to the mount you should be fine.

MHoude36

Ok thats what i thought, just trying to get this sucker out is the hard part, its seized in there pretty good and my C-Clamp method isnt doing the trick

freegdr

Is this what your working with ?

MHoude36

Yes, yes it is lol

93XJLI

bolt? huh? the frame side is a tie rod end... im confused.

freegdr

U said your using a clamp and socket I gather socket is on bottom and clamp on threads.

JeepingDan

That nut has to come off. Like I said remove the bracket so you can see what you are doing and cut the nut in half and then knock it apart.

freegdr

Me first ...lol...

freegdr

Hello work with me I have a solution that worked for me b4...

MHoude36

well the nut eventually came loose in the mount, but not before i had cut the track bar off the mount. I put the nut on just enough to put the c clamp on and have a socket on the bottom half for the bolt to fall into. But it looks just like the picture that Free posted

freegdr

like this correct...minus track bar correct

MHoude36

Freegdr that is exactly how i was doing it, using the castle nut as a flat base up top