tow hooks welded?
Sep 17, 2008 | 07:07 PM
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Took me and a buddy over an hour to take off those damn Tow hooks. Mine was rusted to hell and I had to take it off to install the new skidplate. Know I have to install them again because using random points on the frame as a makeshift towhook is getting old fast..
Sep 17, 2008 | 07:27 PM
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Sep 17, 2008 | 09:48 PM
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I was actually going to try that. I was going to heat it up with a cigarette lighter (I don't smoke, but I have a lighter around just in case...fire is fun 
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I also thought about using the lighter to heat the surrounding metal and ice down the bolt so the metal around the bolt would be expanded and the cold bolt would shrink.
)I also thought about using the lighter to heat the surrounding metal and ice down the bolt so the metal around the bolt would be expanded and the cold bolt would shrink.
Sep 18, 2008 | 08:10 AM
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From: Northern Colorado :-(
Sep 18, 2008 | 09:51 AM
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Grrrr. Even with the cheater bar it's not budging. I swear it's welded or something. I'm not THAT much of a weakling. I'm about to throw out my back or something straining it so hard trying to get this sucker off.
Sep 18, 2008 | 09:55 AM
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How big of a cheater bar you using? Go to your local parts store, pick up a cheap 18" 1/2" drive breaker bar. Then go to your local home depot or lowe's or what have you, and pick yourself up a chain link fence post. You now have a 4' cheater bar to throw ontop of that 18" breaker bar you just bought.
Sep 18, 2008 | 10:21 AM
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My dad calls me Donk. He usually asks me to get bolts out he cant. I don't know if you have seen it bu my dad got if from Crocodile Dundee when the guy says. "You shoulda brought a gun instead of a beer, mate. Nugget: Nah. I don't need one. I got a Donk. Denning: Got a what? Donk: Donk"
Oh and we always called the torch the green wrench cuz the bottles are green.
If all else fails you could always grind the deads of the bolts and pry the hooks of, then worry about getting the rest of the bolt off.
Oh and we always called the torch the green wrench cuz the bottles are green.
If all else fails you could always grind the deads of the bolts and pry the hooks of, then worry about getting the rest of the bolt off.
Sep 18, 2008 | 10:23 AM
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How big of a cheater bar you using? Go to your local parts store, pick up a cheap 18" 1/2" drive breaker bar. Then go to your local home depot or lowe's or what have you, and pick yourself up a chain link fence post. You now have a 4' cheater bar to throw ontop of that 18" breaker bar you just bought.
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Sep 19, 2008 | 03:27 AM
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nah...like was said above.
pb blaster, hit it with a hammer, pb blaster (repeat, repeat, repeat)
then torch it till its extremely hot, and then get the breaker bar, and a sledge, and give her a few good blows.
once it gets moving its much easier from there
pb blaster, hit it with a hammer, pb blaster (repeat, repeat, repeat)
then torch it till its extremely hot, and then get the breaker bar, and a sledge, and give her a few good blows.
once it gets moving its much easier from there
Sep 19, 2008 | 02:09 PM
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Most autostore places (Checker, Advance, Autozone, etc) carry Blaster around here, but if they don't, look for "penetrating oil" - Deep Creep, Kroil, Thrust - there's a bunch of different kinds.
Sep 19, 2008 | 02:27 PM
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yea, cigarette lighter might hurt you hand but a frozen bolt will laugh. AT LEAST Mapp gas and if it's that frozen, acetylene is closer. Along with Igor, 4 ft cheater, and use your legs if you can, they're much stronger.
Sep 19, 2008 | 06:22 PM
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HAHA, I had my feet on the tire and front suspension as my ass was hovering above the ground as I was pushing with my legs to get this thing loose. This sucker is a monster.
Sep 19, 2008 | 07:37 PM
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When I did my pinion seals, to get my front pinion nut off, I had my dad push the brakes down while I wrenched on it. I had my legs against the front tires and did a leg press....but the truck still rolled forward. My dad had to start the truck w/ me under to get the power assist helping him, then I got it loose.
Sep 19, 2008 | 09:45 PM
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Yeah I tried to get them loose on my beasty... one came loose with a "little" effort [and a 2' breaker bar]... the other one started to come loose then the razz a frazin welded nut came loose... now I got to lift the rad a bit to get that access cover off and figure out a way to get a new nut in... all of which has put a crimp in what I was working on... 6mos ago...
Sep 20, 2008 | 08:44 AM
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I think I'm going to just drill out the bolts. I can spend $3 on some PB-blaster and $30 on a propane torch, or I can just drill out the bolts and go to Ace hardware for replacements for $5 or $6.
