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Old Feb 19, 2012 | 05:59 PM
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Default 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?
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Old Feb 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.
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Old Feb 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
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Old Feb 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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Old Feb 19, 2012 | 06:49 PM
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Are you just replacing the track bar or are you doin the bracket too?
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Old Feb 19, 2012 | 09:15 PM
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take the bracket off the jeep and work on it out of the rig.
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Old Feb 19, 2012 | 09:32 PM
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Just the bar I went cheap at first to save money but went ahead and bought an adjust. Bar
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