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Subject:Re: Tool Suggestion? Re: Rear Trailing Arm Replacement Fun!
From:Neil N
Date:Tue, 20 Jan 2015 13:25:42 -0800

Yes. This is what I ran into. Removed the nuts, but each bolt
is seized to each bushing. Most run into this issue when removing
the arm(s).

Dennis Haynes kindly suggested using a cut off wheel on an angle grinder.
This worked well on one end of outboard mount bolt
but I couldn't find a way to use the tool on inboard bolt
hence the hacksaw and attempt made with hacksaw blade
in vice grips. yes. I tried that.    ;)
This could all be due to a lack of experience on my part.

I'll post what I find.

Neil.

On 1/20/15, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
> OK, that's what I thought. I can get the nut off the bolt on the outboard,
> but can't drive the bolt out of the bushing. It will have to be cut, and I
> was wondering what tools would or would not work.
>
>

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Neil n

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