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67GTFastback

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How the heck do you remove an old leaf spring, I cannot get the bolt out of the front attachment...I have tried heat, lubricating oil, etc to get it out...Any advice is greatly appreciated. I am not trying to save the bold or the spring. Thanks.
 

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Sawzall,

And a Good Blade will cut thru them like a hot knife in Butter.


PB
 

mustang70

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A sawsall with a tungsten blade. You have to get it between the hanger and the spring. It'll take a while, but it will cut through.
 

66stangmeister

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i remember using a punch and a hammer. I thought that after 5 hours of trying to get it out with a rachet lol.

i'm sure that sawsall would work too. never tried that
 

NorCal66

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Another one for the sawzall...and as they said...get a GOOD BLADE or you'll just waste your money on a bunch of cheap ones before you spend the money. Those bolts are strong as hell.
 
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Or he can use the cutting torch method Oh , the sweet smell of burning rubber
 

HistoricMustang

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Yep, this is one ugly job. You are going to have to cut or burn or both.

Good Luck.

HistoricMustang
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latamud

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I use an impact hammer and punch the blot out. Someone had a similar method on here that I thought was a little better but can't remember. My method takes about 1 minute.
 

cardude

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i did it with a angle grinder and replaced the grinding wheel with a fiberglass cutoff wheel, worked pretty darn good!!
 
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