HELP! #4 Body Bolt Siezed
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Racer
Joined: Nov 2006
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From: Wake Forest NC
HELP! #4 Body Bolt Siezed
The pass side #4 anchor nut twists in the retainer. Its not a problem to cut the bolt to remove the body, but that still leaves me the issue of a siezed nut in the body. Any suggestions other than removing the metal mount rivets? Thanks in advance
Team Owner
Joined: Oct 2004
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From: Springfield MO
St. Jude Donor '07
#4 mount is accessible from inside the cabin.
Instructor
Joined: Dec 2004
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From: Clearwater Florida
Intersesting that when I removed the interior, the PO had stuffed a rag down in that hole and the rag was rust stained when I pulled it out. Didn't think much about it till I removed the body mount bolts.
I tried the wedging the screwdriver trick but I ended up cutting the cage off with a Dremel (using a mirror). As I was cutting and prying on the cage, it popped off the rivets. I put a large endwrench on the now exposed nut, sprayed with PB Blaster and tried to turn the bolt against the wedged endwrench (No one around to help that day). I began to hear glass splitting so I stopped, got the smoke wrench out and cut the head off the bolt and it came right out.
Pro
Joined: Oct 2005
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From: Houston Tx.
I used a saws-all to cut the bolt between the body and the mount. It cut the bolt and the heads of the rivets off. Once I got the rubber cushions out of the way, I hit what was left of the bolt with a punch and the nut and cage pop up into the interior.
