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67Rodstoration · 07-06-2003, 08:01 AM

I am just having too much fun trying to remove the U-Bolts on my rear axle. I have soaked and soaked and soaked and beat and beat and beat. At this point I plan to cut the bolts in half and try to get them out. Any tips?

Dave

cdowns · 07-06-2003, 08:42 AM

don't cut your fingers off!!! those bolts are real hard to remove because the locking nuts are tight i used a 4foot piece of pipe on my breaker bar to remove them and it was still pretty difficult your better off just cutting and replacing them

67Rodstoration · 07-06-2003, 08:46 AM

I have the nuts off. Using a 5 foot breaker bar did the trick. I cannot get the u bolts out of the trailing arms.

superchevy · 07-06-2003, 10:11 AM

To get them out of the trailing arms, I put the nuts barely back on the bolts and beat the crap out of them with a 5lb sledge. They came out

...I had new u-bolts and nuts to go back with anyway.
SC

*Gee_Emm* · 07-06-2003, 10:55 AM

I always have to heat the nuts up with a torch, even then they are hard to turn

To get the ubolts out try threading the nuts back on part way then wacking it out with a BFH

**StingRay** · 07-06-2003, 11:31 AM

Try putting the nuts partway back on and then set the weight of the truck on the nuts. You can let the floor jack down quick onto a block and it'll be like using a two thousand pound hammer.

bmg · 07-06-2003, 02:12 PM

they are correct puts nutz back on and tap (pound away) always a good idea to heat nuts and bolts up with a torch when they get awnry!!

07-06-2003, 08:01 AM	#1
67Rodstoration Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Jemison AL Posts: 3	Rear Axle U-Bolt Removal I am just having too much fun trying to remove the U-Bolts on my rear axle. I have soaked and soaked and soaked and beat and beat and beat. At this point I plan to cut the bolts in half and try to get them out. Any tips? Dave

07-06-2003, 08:42 AM	#2
cdowns Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: daytonabeach Posts: 22,956	don't cut your fingers off!!! those bolts are real hard to remove because the locking nuts are tight i used a 4foot piece of pipe on my breaker bar to remove them and it was still pretty difficult your better off just cutting and replacing them __________________ 71c-10 350/2004r/4:11 lowered3/4 longbed/dead by hurricane MEANING OF DEATH::::: SOMEBODY ELSE GETS YOUR STUFF DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK TAKE MY ADVISE;I DON'T USE IT ANYWAY

07-06-2003, 10:11 AM	#4
superchevy Got big-block? Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 2,453	To get them out of the trailing arms, I put the nuts barely back on the bolts and beat the crap out of them with a 5lb sledge. They came out ...I had new u-bolts and nuts to go back with anyway. SC __________________ '68 CST SWB factory 396/T400 buddy buckets, a/c, ps, pb '72 Corvette convertible 454/4spd/ac, ps, pb '73 GMC Sierra Grande short wide 454/T400 ps, pb, ac '77 K5 Blazer black on red, 350/T350/NP205 ps, pb, ac all original '78 GMC Sierra Classic short wide 454/T400 ps, pb, ac '72 GMC Sprint SP454. 1 of 38 built. '73 GMC Sprint SP454. 1 of 71 built. '75 GMC Sprint SP454. 1 of 25 built. SOLD! '72 GMC K25 4x4 468/4L80e/NP205 build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...23#post4324423 SOLD!'55 Chevy gasser 496/4spd build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...96#post4324396

07-06-2003, 10:55 AM	#5
Gee_Emm Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,002	I always have to heat the nuts up with a torch, even then they are hard to turn To get the ubolts out try threading the nuts back on part way then wacking it out with a BFH Last edited by Gee_Emm; 07-06-2003 at 10:58 AM.

07-06-2003, 11:31 AM	#6
StingRay Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Saskatoon,SK,Canada Posts: 2,476	Try putting the nuts partway back on and then set the weight of the truck on the nuts. You can let the floor jack down quick onto a block and it'll be like using a two thousand pound hammer. __________________ Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada

07-06-2003, 08:46 AM	#3
67Rodstoration Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Jemison AL Posts: 3	I have the nuts off. Using a 5 foot breaker bar did the trick. I cannot get the u bolts out of the trailing arms.

07-06-2003, 02:12 PM	#7
bmg Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Indianapolis, IN USA Posts: 157	they are correct puts nutz back on and tap (pound away) always a good idea to heat nuts and bolts up with a torch when they get awnry!!



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