Hi Dan,
Your story reminds me of a similar situation when I was removing my leaf
springs from a '65 Mustang. The bolts rusted solid with the steel sleeve
inside the rubber bushing, and wouldn't budge. I did not use a Sawzall
because the limited clearance would break the reciprocating blade. I did it
the hard way by using a hacksaw blade holder that holds the blade on one
side. After hours of sawing by hand through both sides of the the hardended
steel bolt, It finally came out. Hopefully you have enough side to side
clearance to cut the bolt. Good luck, and if misery love company, I've been
there!
Tom
Message text written by Dan Amidon
>Now that I have your attention,
Hello everyone!
I was under my S3 for several hours last night working on removing
the leaf springs and entire rear differential, in one piece.
I have the car supported and the differential supported.
I have removed the bolts from the rear leaf spring mounting brackets.
I removed the nuts from the front leaf spring mounting brackets. Now I
can not get the bolts out. Help.
I tried to pound them out, did not work.
I put 140 PSI of pressure through the largest air impact wrench I own,
did not budge, did not even spin.
Once I destroyed the head of the bolt, I did what any male would do and
ground off the head of the bolt with a 4 1/2" grinder, hoping to pound
the bolt through that way. Could not move it.
My next step may be a sawzall and cut the bolt off between the spring
shackle and the mounting brackets.
Any help on this topic would be appreciated.
Thanks
Dan Amidon<
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