Front swaybar mount T-55

[SLJeeper]

I searched through several pages to try and figure out what you guys are doing, but couldn't find exactly the info I needed. I have a 3" BDS lift and am finally getting around to putting in my RE discos I have had for quite some time (not in yet and already wishing I had the JKS). Anyway, on the lower mount I got the 18mm nut off with a breaker, but the T-55 torx bolt will not come off. I lubed it several days in advance but still won't budge after the breaker bar and torch and BFH (which bent the whole mount). IIRC it is pressed in. How are you guys getting these out? Is drilling it out the next step? I read a thread by Kejtar that people have brozen their EZ outs on broken shock mounts. Also, since the RE discos are already a PITA to connnect/disco, are there any concerns bending the mount back? This is the wifes daily driver/ my weekend toy, but we regularly drive it 75 mph on MI E-ways with huge potholes that bend car rims all the time. So I defintiely want to be able to connect, for her sake if nothing else. She knows too much about Jeeps for me to pretend to have just connected it. LOL Probably too long a post for this ?, just wondering what works best. TIA

 

[Wayne Sihler]

I used an air hammer to drive it out.Some have had luck with sockets and a C-clamp to press it out,a little heat with either method will help.Don,t try to turn it as it is splined in the bracket.
And yes it is best that you keep it connected on the highway.
Wayne

 

[Inisadow]

I smashed down on it with a vice grip and used a big 1/2inch socket on the other bolt and it came off good

 

[SLJeeper]

I smashed down on it with a vice grip and used a big 1/2inch socket on the other bolt and it came off good

Thanks guys. I wish I had the air tools. The C clamp and socket didn't work for me when I tried it earlier today. It just bent my buddies giant C clamp instead. I think i will try to drill it out and see what happens. I am mostly unhappy that I already bent the mount which should make my RE model even harder to connect/disco.

 

[Fred]

If you can find the right size tierod press, it comes right out. Sorry I can't be more specific than that. We pounded, heated, drilled, cut the first side out, and tried this press that got dug out of the tool box, and the second came right out. Pretty sure it was a Harbor Freight special.

Fred

 

[SLJeeper]

Thanks Fred. It looks like I will head to Autozone to take advantage of their free rental program. I am moving from MI to CO in the next couple months and am looking forward to some non-flatland wheelin'. I bought the two Charles A. Wells guidebooks the last time I was out there and will probably end up in the Front Range area. Thanks to all who responded including Forewheeler on our MI board.