Cracking those rear link nuts/bolts.
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Cracking those rear link nuts/bolts.
Changing the links I found that there's not a lot of room down there, I can fit the wrenches, but need more than two hands to hold everything in place while swinging a mallet, else everything just kind of spins.
So I used this method, which requires very little room, only one hand for twisting the center, and provides enough torque for the wrenches to crack just about any bolt/nut combo. It worked 8/10 times, and the other times I simply used a jack against the wrench.
Just figured I'd share, in case someone isn't familiar with this. Might be helpful.
So I used this method, which requires very little room, only one hand for twisting the center, and provides enough torque for the wrenches to crack just about any bolt/nut combo. It worked 8/10 times, and the other times I simply used a jack against the wrench.
Just figured I'd share, in case someone isn't familiar with this. Might be helpful.
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Yeah, that works too and I used that for a couple of them, but in some situations I had trouble keeping the bolt from spinning with the nut, so I figured why not just connect the wrenches and pull them towards each other. It worked and seemed like a clean solution, so I went with that.
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Yeah, that works too and I used that for a couple of them, but in some situations I had trouble keeping the bolt from spinning with the nut, so I figured why not just connect the wrenches and pull them towards each other. It worked and seemed like a clean solution, so I went with that.
I have never had issues removing the nuts from the bolts. Breaking the galvanic corrosion between the brass bushing inserts and the factory bolts, that's a whole 'nother story. I normally just drill out/cut off the bolts.
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