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Old Mar 12, 2011 | 08:05 AM
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Had one H*** of a time getting drivers side trailing arm out, the bolt rust welded wound up cutting it with sawzall 4 times.
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Old Mar 12, 2011 | 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by ICEMAN59
Had one H*** of a time getting drivers side trailing arm out, the bolt rust welded wound up cutting it with sawzall 4 times.
That's usually the only way they come out!
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Old Mar 12, 2011 | 09:23 AM
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The shop that is currently rebuilding the entire suspension on my 70 had to do the same thing. Cars this old, it's rare they just unbolt & slide out.
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Old Mar 12, 2011 | 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by gbvette62
That's usually the only way they come out!
been there and done it.
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Old Mar 12, 2011 | 10:13 AM
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cutting out the bolt is easy, wait till you try and put that little bolt back in .there are several ways to do it .i used a small needle nose pair of vise grips to hold the bolt and push it into the hole .good luck
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Old Mar 12, 2011 | 09:20 PM
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Yea I had to do it by myself and it was no fun, I cussed a little

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I got lucky when I replaced the bolts on my 75. It was a 58,000 mile all California car. No rust on the frame. After reading about the problems getting this bolt out I was relieved that I did not have to cut it off.

But then, I did lose my reason to buy a new sawzall tool. So there is good and bad news.

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