- Location
- NE Indiana
Not talking about crashes...talking about expiration...
mac 'keeping the fire away from all of the above helps too' gyvr
mac 'keeping the fire away from all of the above helps too' gyvr
This was me last night, bolts didn't break, welds didn't break, but the bolt did seize to the sleeve. Ugh.Yea... it sucks. Not sure if I hate that more or less than the front leaf spring eye bolt. I've learned to deal with the front bolts a lot better.
Take the bumper off.
Your next step is determining if the bolt is seized to the shackle eye bushing. If so, it's going to suck. In that case, your basic approach is cutting the bolt on either side of the shackle, between the shackle and the shackle box. The bolt head falls off the outside, and the captured nut with the remaining bolt in it can be removed from the inside. They might be too big to get out, and you'll have to take a reciprocating saw and open up the hole on the back of the frame rail to get it out. At the end of all this your shackle is useless now, for the pain in the ass of pressing in a new bushing I would probably buy a new shackle.
If the bolt is not seized to the shackle, then start with opening the hole on the back of the frame anyway. Then you can stick a thin wall socket over the captured nut, attach a ratchet or breaker bar to hold it, and work the bolt out.
Upon reinstallation you can use a Grade 8 9/16" bolt and nut if you'd like, I can't remember the correct metric size of the original. Then you can install a set of high quality HD Offroad shackle relocation boxes and never have to deal with the captured nut again![]()
Driving question. Who drives one handed and who drives two handed? (Street driving)
They do.
HOWEVER, those seats don't convert to a booster seat. I want a forward facing seat that converts to a booster seat, to kill the rest of the birds with one stone.
mac 'always trying to get in your wallet' gyvr
Driving question. Who drives one handed and who drives two handed? (Street driving)
Driving question. Who drives one handed and who drives two handed? (Street driving)
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