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I just **FINALLY** got the passenger side front cab mount bushings replaced. My 3/4 inch Dewalt impact was not loosening the nut on the bolt. So I bought and applied an Induction Heater. No luck. Propane torch . . . no luck. Then I tried chilling the bolt, no luck. Then a 3 foot cheater on a breaker bar, no luck.
Today I bought 6 feet of black iron pipe and applied it to a 3/4 breaker bar. With my son pulling on the end of the cheater and a significant bend in the pipe, we had a small movement and a loud crack like something broke. Turns out it was the rust or locktite on the bolt . . . the Dewalt took the bolt right off.
From there the only issue was getting the right amount of cab tilt so that the thread on the bolt was exposed enough to thread the nut on.
5 sessions with this and FINALLY today we got the nut off the bolt. The top bushing was gone. The lower bushing was compressed about 50%. When driving I'd get, not surprisingly, a clank and cluck from that location. I'll drive it again tomorrow and see how it sounds and feels.
Sometimes the simple things, like getting a nut on a bolt loose, are the hardest
Today I bought 6 feet of black iron pipe and applied it to a 3/4 breaker bar. With my son pulling on the end of the cheater and a significant bend in the pipe, we had a small movement and a loud crack like something broke. Turns out it was the rust or locktite on the bolt . . . the Dewalt took the bolt right off.
From there the only issue was getting the right amount of cab tilt so that the thread on the bolt was exposed enough to thread the nut on.
5 sessions with this and FINALLY today we got the nut off the bolt. The top bushing was gone. The lower bushing was compressed about 50%. When driving I'd get, not surprisingly, a clank and cluck from that location. I'll drive it again tomorrow and see how it sounds and feels.
Sometimes the simple things, like getting a nut on a bolt loose, are the hardest