U-bolt removal from trailing arms?

[MMiller1050]

I ran into trouble with this too. I used a cutting wheel to cut the top part of the u-bolt out. I soaked the shafts in PB blaster and after a day I used various jack stands to relieve all the pressure on the u-bolts and also removed the shock. Then I used a breaker bar with a 3 foot pipe as a extension and just tried to get the bolt turning in the hole that goes thru the trailing arm. Front one came out pretty easy after turning it back and form to chew up all the gunk and dirt that was in there....then I used a metal punch to tap it thru from the top and it fell out. What was left of the rear bolt was quite a bit harder, I actually had to use a screwdriver and a pick to get all the junk and rust pieces out of the hole in the trailing arm around the bolt. Clean some out......spray PB Blaster.....repeat. Until finally I was able to turn it back and forth to free it up. I punched it out from the top.

They are a bear just be patient. Turning the with the bottom nut one helped a lot. Just turn it back and forth until it feels pretty free....then try punching it thru with a punch or some sort of metal bar and a hammer and use a lot of PB blaster.