Help Tjm Install Problems
11-16-2005, 07:57 PM
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A small pipe wrench is your friend. The tighten harder as you pull.
http://www.stanleyproto.com/default....ty+Pipe+Wrench
The smaller ones are often still small enough to fit where you need to be. I stripped the fill plug on the diff of my previous 4runner (after I drained it
). One of these babies saved by butt after store hours.
http://www.stanleyproto.com/default....ty+Pipe+Wrench
The smaller ones are often still small enough to fit where you need to be. I stripped the fill plug on the diff of my previous 4runner (after I drained it
). One of these babies saved by butt after store hours.
11-17-2005, 07:37 AM
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go and get a set of these http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/produ...id=00952166000 best $30 youll ever spend
11-17-2005, 10:47 AM
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Just take it to any fab shop or exhaust shop and explain your situation to them and see if they would be willing to weld a nut on it...most places will do it for free 'cause it will only take about 30 seconds to get a strong enough bead on it.
You could take a file and file down the flat surfaces to make it essentially a smaller size and then pound on an old socket that fits the new size you made by filing and try that.
If that doesn't work...not sure what to tell you. Easiest thing to do would be to call around and just ask if they would be willing to help you.
Fink
You could take a file and file down the flat surfaces to make it essentially a smaller size and then pound on an old socket that fits the new size you made by filing and try that.
If that doesn't work...not sure what to tell you. Easiest thing to do would be to call around and just ask if they would be willing to help you.
Fink
11-17-2005, 12:29 PM
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Why not try some vise grips. Get some on there as tight as you can, might take you on one side and a friend on the other to get it tight enough, then use a sledge to get it started off.
11-17-2005, 01:04 PM
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You guys have to remember that these bolts are on there TIGHT.
The suggestions like vice grips, pipe wrenches, etc. won't work unless he can get enough torque on the bolts. You're not going to get that kind of torque with a 6" handle. You'll need something closer to 2' or more (if you're going to do this by hand)
The suggestions like vice grips, pipe wrenches, etc. won't work unless he can get enough torque on the bolts. You're not going to get that kind of torque with a 6" handle. You'll need something closer to 2' or more (if you're going to do this by hand)
11-17-2005, 03:59 PM
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Off the top of my head...
A pipe wrench with a breaker bar over the handle is a good bet.
Not sure if you have access to any welding equipment or not, but a shop would probably weld a good nut to the top of the rounded head and use that to extract it.
Grind flat spots on opposing sides of the bolt head and use a cresent wrench with a breaker bar.
A pipe wrench with a breaker bar over the handle is a good bet.
Not sure if you have access to any welding equipment or not, but a shop would probably weld a good nut to the top of the rounded head and use that to extract it.
Grind flat spots on opposing sides of the bolt head and use a cresent wrench with a breaker bar.
11-17-2005, 06:08 PM
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got it off!
took it to meineke. they put a socket on and used an air powered drill, popped right off. it was pretty cool, i felt like i was in the pit crew. hopefully i can put the bumper on tommorrow, its too dark right now.
thanks for the help though!
took it to meineke. they put a socket on and used an air powered drill, popped right off. it was pretty cool, i felt like i was in the pit crew. hopefully i can put the bumper on tommorrow, its too dark right now.
thanks for the help though!
11-17-2005, 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by sdastg1
those don't look too bad .. tonight repeatedly soak them in pb blaster .. don't get the cheap stuff ... and do it in the morning as well. then take it to a shop with an impact gun and have them take it off
11-17-2005, 07:39 PM
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Post some pic's of the finished product when you get a chance. My T-15 should be here within a week. I just went out and checked to make sure I could break my bolts loose. Good to go.
11-17-2005, 08:54 PM
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Is it just me, or do the tires on your truck seem to slightly misallined. They look like they are \-----/ a little bit. Does that make sense?
11-18-2005, 04:49 AM
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my alignment might be off a wee bit. havent had it re-aligned in a while. new clutch going in on monday, ill have them re-align it.
anyone have any suggestions as to a gap filler like arb makes. i dont feel like going the route of new brackets and whatnot to fix the gap made by the body lift, so i want to get something just to put in there. ive seen the arb filler like bamachem has, but what are my options for the tjm?
anyone have any suggestions as to a gap filler like arb makes. i dont feel like going the route of new brackets and whatnot to fix the gap made by the body lift, so i want to get something just to put in there. ive seen the arb filler like bamachem has, but what are my options for the tjm?
11-18-2005, 05:11 AM
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