Track bar seized on frame end
02-19-2012, 05:59 PM
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Track bar seized on frame end
So Im about at my wits end with this stupid Jeep, between field training and a deployment my XJ went from month long build to over a year. Anyway I am replacing the stock Track Bar with an adjustable and I can't get the frame end to come loose. I've used a ball joint separator and put everything I've got into and and cant get it loose. Any ideas?
02-19-2012, 06:23 PM
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I'm assuming you got the nut off? If so try a torch, heat the **** out of the bracket, this should break some corrosion up then bash it with a hammer. You could also try to pry it out with a big pry bar.
02-19-2012, 06:26 PM
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Heat it red hot and take a ball joint seperator wedge it in there and take a sledge hammer hit it as hard as you can this worked for me
02-19-2012, 06:27 PM
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Yeah heat was my next idea, I've been PB Blasting the s*** out of it for a good few days. I tried a ball joint separator and was hanging all my weight on it and wouldnt move lol.
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