[Augies68]

Im installing new leaf springs on my 68 fastback. I am taking one of the old ones off and the the bolt is not coming out of the one side. The shackle is off, but the bolt on the other side seems to be getting stuck on the bushings.

Ive tried hammering the bolt out, applyng pressure with the jack and hammering it, used a ton of WD40 but it wont budge. The bushings are dry rotted and i dont know if thats why the bolt is stuck. Is there any other way to get it out. Ive been hammering for two days,and it doesnt seem to work.

[Icerat]

I don't know how to link to a thread on here but we just had a good one about the same thing. Maybe someone can link it or merge them. I think everyone's choice is cut the bolt with a sawzall or die grinder and buy new bolts.

[Keving]

You can heat the frame around it with a torch. That will make the hole larger and help it come out.

[VANILLA_GORILLA]

I just went through this. The problem you have is that there is a metal sleeve the bolt goes through in the bushing and the bolt is probably rusted solid to the metal in the bushing. Really, no amount of pounding or twisting or PB Blaster is going to work. The only way to get this out is to either heat it up with a torch, or, what most people do, cut it out with a sawzall. I just went through this last weekend and had to cut it out.

A word of warning. Cutting it out with a sawzall is a tedious and time consuming process, but entirely possible if you keep at it. And dont even bother using a bi-metal blade, the metal bushing sleeve will eat right through them and they dont even make a dent in that metal. The bushing sleeve is like tempered steel. What was recommended to me was a tungsten carbide blade, and I also used a diamond grit blade. They didnt cut through like butter, but it got through.

[Augies68]

thanks alot guys im gonna try it tomorrow.