Can’t catch a break
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Anybody done a u bolt conversion on gm d60
- Thread starter down4thakrown
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So heated it, and now I can only turn it about 1/16 of a turn lol back and fwd getting easier more I do it lol
Victory! Really wish I would of used this method on the first one lol. Just wd40 and heat and cool and working it back and fwd
Just to give an idea of how much my axle moves, that shim was straight, and isn't moving very easily
I was enjoying the bump stop that was crushed so hard it tore at the base..
And I think that's what cause this. I noticed my shock is also ballooned out from bottoming out and dust cover is knocked out of it
Unrelated, but any issues w/ using the block/spacer under the x-over arm? Would think that would put lots of stress on those bolts, but i guess the hydro assist helps limit it.
None at all. I have hydro assist. Needed the block because the drag link would hit the spring when it drooped
I'm getting my butt kicked!!!. Soaked in pb blaster. Heated it multiple times. 1/2" breaker bar on ez out...still won't budge. I can't even peel the threads out of each other...... Its drilled all the way though bolt.
Drill bigger hole, tape threads into it, put in some studs.
My D60 has U bolts, just sayin
My D60 has U bolts, just sayin
rampage
3/4 ton status
Since you have a hole drilled in the bolt you can shrink it by spraying some “Air Duster” in the hole - the stuff you clean computer keyboards with. It comes out at somewhere around -60F.
I'm starting to think that it's pinched in there, because the bolt I did get out would get loose and tight the entire way out and was consistent. So I'm thinking the hole collaspe around the bolt pinching it.
You have a u bolt instead of studs?
I may try it but all this makes me wanna just use a ubolt so I never have to deal with it again...
Yes I do....... but I also have a HP60 on the other side so........ that is why 
I would have quit this extraction bs long ago lol
U bolt would be ordered and already delivered
U bolt would be ordered and already delivered
That's basically where I'm at. I figured if I couldn't get it out by today, tomorrow I'm getting plate made and u bolt ordered.
...I don't give up easily....but today I wish I did...may just send it out with a bang and throw the cheater bar on the easy out and end it with a bang lol
Just drill and tap to 3/4".
I'm worried about not being slot of material and breaking the housing.
wasted wages
1 ton status
I've had luck with increasing size reverse twist drill bits... start drilling bigger and bigger holes and sometimes the bit will bite and spin the bolt out.
I've drilled right up to the threads and usually being off center just a little bit
will start cutting the side of the bolt to where you can take a punch and chisel to collapse the remaining pieces of the bolt.
It's slow and tedious work, but if you get it out, you can clean up the threads with a tap...
I've drilled right up to the threads and usually being off center just a little bit
will start cutting the side of the bolt to where you can take a punch and chisel to collapse the remaining pieces of the bolt.
It's slow and tedious work, but if you get it out, you can clean up the threads with a tap...
