Removing seized shackle bolts?
Hello All, Looking for recommendations. I purchased the MorRyde CRE3000 with wet bolt / shackle kit. Jacked the camper up and the axels up, pulled the wheels, and did not get past the first shack...
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cummins2014 wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:
The thin slitting disks really do cut like butter.
Unless someone has used a thin cutoff wheel, they do not realize how fast it is . Its quick ,we are talking about 1/2 or 9/16 bolts here . Long before I would grab my torch ,and have sparks ,and heat flying under there ,as said I can have that nut off with a cutoff disks quicker then I can find the right socket ,again figure of speech :) To each his own.
Yes, a thin disk cuts fast, when spinning at speed. Sparks will fly when using one. But it does not take much side pressure to break them. The path of sparks is easy to predict, compared to the pieces of a wheel.
But the fact remains OP has posted no reason to need to cut the bolt with anything. And the fact he posted the question, does not have the tools to heat or cut tells me he will not be practiced with using the tools
cummins2014 wrote:Grit dog wrote:
Most importantly, before you start cutting off nuts or bolt heads, think about what is stuck, what is spinning and how you’re going to complete the disassembly. Or you might end up cutting off an end that will make the bolts more difficult to remove.
A punch ,and hammer will knock out any shackle bolt I have ever dealt with , but yes on a shackle bolt you don't want to cutting off the head of the bolt, just the nut.
Hammer and punch will knock it out. However, if the bolt is seized in the eye or bushing (Once again, the OP has posted nothing to say his bolts are seized) it is easy to bend the hanger when beating on it. I bent 1 of the hangers on my 10 YO '54 GMC.
OP, on the bolts you have already spun, not likely to have a issue, unless the sleeve is spinning in eye of spring, but I would run the nut out to flush with end of bolt, then tap it with a hammer. If the bolt does not move, put a oversized socket on the head of bolt, hold it in place with your 12lb hammer head. Then with your 3 lb, hit that bolt like it is a 30 YO wanting to date your teenage daughter. Less likely to bend it that way then failing around with a little hammer.
The big hammer will hold the hanger in place so it does not move. The nut will keep the end of the bolt from mushrooming, and reduce the chance of it bending. Once you wake it up, move it 'til the nut stops it, the hammer/punch will take it on out with no issue.
