ok i know how to remove them but im stuck on trying to get the bolt out of the rear shackle....it does come out right? am i missing something or should i BFH it and call it a night??

 

the shackles (if they are stock toyota one) are two piece units. The bolts are attached to the outside shackle plates, and the other side is held on with the nuts

 

sweet, kinda sucks that i have to take both off but hey im gettin er done

 

You should have seen Wabbit and I beating the ever-loving hell out of my stock ones.
We finally sawzall'd it.

Fink

 

Not to hijack this thread... but any good suggestions for loosening the bolt at the front of the leaf? my attempts are turning into one trip after another to Sears to swap out split sockets! That bolt is not going anywhere.

 

Cut it off.

 

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Yeah.
PB blaster works well.
And a big ol' cheeter bar
Gotta take out the two small bolts too, that hold the big bolt in.

 

Cut it off??!!

it just doesn't come out?

If I cut it off, then I'll have to get a new bolt?


Also, I don't have the 2 bolts that hold the big bolt in. Mine just has one large 19mm bolt and a nut on the backside

 

OOOOkay a new bolt is cheap, How are you gonna reuse a stuck one.

 

thats how it was on my 81, so idk.

 

I guess what I'm saying is, why doesn't it come off? the head of the bolt isn't tack welded in place. My weak point is the sockets, they just split down the side! I could have a 20 ft breaker bar and it wouldn't do me any good... are they just so tight that they require a impact socket with a big bar on it?

 

Well..
When i did em on my 81, which, mind you, is alot older than your truck.
I put a 3FT breaker bar on a 1/2in drive ratchet/socket
And it still didnt move.
I soaked it in PB blaster, and 15 minutes later it finally broke loose

 

See the last Q&A on the page below:
- http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/TLCA_Tru...ech.04.01.html

 

Its rusted is all,as Peow said PB that mudda'h. Then get some air on it. I know easier said than done. Good luck.

 

get a fire wrench on it. heat it up, it should come out then. and as Teuf said, what's a new bolt going to cost? $5? also, an impact socket would serve well as opposed to the ones you continue to break.

 

yes impact socket would def work a whole lot better, but i have the same prob at the moment, i got the inner nut off but the bolt itself WILL NOT COME OUT lmao im gonna sawzall it but for some odd reason ALL of my blades went missing 0_o

 

Yoterr i'd check and see if theres the two bolts that have a plate that hold the bolt on.
I think my truck has those, and i know for a fact that my 81 did, too.

 

You still ain't got the damn leaf springs off yet? Are you special?

 

i believe this is the type of shackle my stockers are. could be your issue. i think i ended up hitting the bolts one at a time to get them to slide out. after they started moving, squirted some lube in there and used a punch the rest of the way.