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Rear end filler plug bolt woes

  • Thread starter Thread starter Kabuki_notch
  • Start date Start date Mar 20, 2006

Kabuki_notch

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Is there something I am missing or is this thing impossible to break loose, I doused it with rust loosener and I cannot get this thing out, I cant remeber what we did on my other car but I cannot get it loose. any tips?
 

sgarlic

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Tried a breaker bar, or a larger drive ratchet?
 

whitehorseupnorth

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I've taken off numerous stubburn bolts, nuts, ect. The one thing they all seem to hate is, HEAT. Get up there with a small torch and heat the area up. It should break loose. Some leverage with a long ratchet won't hurt either...
 
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