John,
What ever you do don't beat on the bolt without threading a heavy nut on
it. Screw the nut on until there is a gap of maybe 1/16 inch then hit
it as best you can with a substantial hammer. (5 lb?).
Sorry I don't have a better solution.
Alan S
67 BJ8
John Snyder wrote:
> I would be most interested in specific instructions on how to "drive
> it out". The inner body panels do not allow a direct hit on the end
> of the bolt. Heat does not seem to help.
>
> John Snyder
> 1960 BT7, original, unrestored
> 1962 BT7 MK2 ground up restoration
> Two 1961 BN7 MK2 " " "
>
>> The old BJ8/66 needs new springs. U-bolts, rear shackles, etc. all
>> came off ok. Nut and lock washer on front brackets off with no
>> problem. Now, the bolt has a flat machined across the head and a flat
>> piece of thin gage metal under it with a section "bent" up against
>> that flat kind of like a lock washer. Having said that, everything I
>> have read about removing the bolt says to "drive" it out. Direction,
>> please.
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