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Old May 8, 2009 | 11:26 AM
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Rear Leaf Center Bolt Help?

Ok trying to get out the rear leaf center bolt so i can Add a Leaf.... but it does

not have enough thread coming out the top so i can squeeze it with vice grips

so the bolt and nut dont just keep spinning together...what else can you do?

drift punch?
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Old May 8, 2009 | 11:56 AM
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Grab the round head with the vise grips and the nut on the other end with a wrench. If that does not work, you can just cut/grind off the nut and replace the bolt:
- http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/...ml#CenterBolts
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Old May 8, 2009 | 12:01 PM
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Happens to me all the time just cut it off those things are retarded, get a bolt without a flange when you replace it
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Old May 8, 2009 | 04:08 PM
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Ya i ended up just cutting it off
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Old May 8, 2009 | 05:20 PM
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pipe wrench
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