Body Lift Pending Need Help

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mudslinger96

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Working on a body lift for my 96 Yukon 4Dr but the rear bolts snapped off now need help removing them any input on how to get them out or is there another way of doing this
 

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Weld one of te feont bolts on and lossen a lil then tighten do ta alot aswell as put a shitload of wd40 on. I did that and used impact tools to get it out. Luckily i only had one bad. Nuts brake loose so a bolt will do

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Like so
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These were my rear bolts...
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I just "shuttered" out loud at the sight of those bolts. Thats really kinda cool and also ...Not.

Good technique...Would that be the most common? Is there more ways to get bolts out with broken heads? I've never really ran into such a problem yet. Fingers crosssed emoticon.
 

Gzes

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I tried weldinga nut. No good, used vice grips n they just slipped off. Welding another bolt is the best. Used a reverse drill bit aswell. They are shit

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I used 3 car batteries to arc weld lol... Dont own a welder so...
 

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i felt so bad for you during that whole body lift Gzes

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OP start soaking that bolt now with kroil or pb blaster


EDIT: anyone looking at this thread thinking about doing a body lift at least a week before you do it you should start soaking the bolts daily with Kroil or pb blaster....not 5 min before you start the job
 
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Yea like ian said pb blast a week before and if it doesn't want to come out tighten Ben loosen that gets the crud loose
 

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You can also heat up the area around the bolt that your trying to get out. Heating will cause the metal to expand. Try not to heat the bolt directly or it will expand.
 

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Its hard to heat the area up. I used a propane torch and it didnt really work. Like i said i tried everything when my bolt snapped.
 

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