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Once again this underemployed mind is scribbling ideas on a notepad and calculating costs for his XJ.

Anyway, when I put the 2" AAL on, I ended up removing all but the main leaf, adding the AAL, and wedging the stack under the main leaf...

I'd like to get new leafs, but I couldn't get the beasty old leaf spring bolts out for the life of my weak impact wrench (freebie with craftsman air compressor a friend purchased a while back).  Supposedly the only other way to remove them is cutting the frame and such, as I've seen before, but unless I really have to, I'd rather not cut into my Jeep to do that; welding it back up would leave bare metal (via burnt paint) on the other side, and that'd eventually rust through, compromising the strength of the frame.  The side I was working on was the 'outside' of the frame, and these have a nut welded somewhere, so I'm not sure if I was blonde and was wrenching at the wrong side of the frame (seems silly to have the bolt go from inside of the frame outward, but ya never know), or if it's super-rusted, just needs to meet a little heat, or what.

So, any ideas?

Thanks,
Matt
p.s. this, and all of my other recent inquiries will be saved in my favorites in a 'to do to xj' file.smile

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the front bolts i needed about a 3' breaker, and a lot of muscle... i ended up breaking one of the nuts off, so i had to cut into the little pocket that houses the nut, and hold it with a wrench to get it back on there.. either way, heat didnt really do much for me other than leave a nice burning bushing smell...

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ah yes nothing like the smell of burnt bushings in the morning to start your day out right......lol..yuucckk!!!!!!!!!!

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Check out mystics build by Andy. I explain how I did mine. May differ on yours.

-- Edited by threeEs99 at 19:36, 2008-11-18

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Ya, cut the leafs off, then cut the bushing out, and metal sleave around the bolt.  Then try it with the impact.  Sucks but it is a lot better then breaking the nut off in the frame.

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tell me about it :-/


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aci4369 wrote:

Ya, cut the leafs off, then cut the bushing out, and metal sleave around the bolt.  Then try it with the impact.  Sucks but it is a lot better then breaking the nut off in the frame.


this sounds good, I'll check the mystics XJ build thread for details...smile

 



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This is a quote from MysticfireXJ's build.

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If the bushing is rusted to the bolt you either have to cut the bolt or cut the spring.
By cutting the bolt you will have to easy-out the frame side of the torqebox this is a pain in the kiester. So the other option is to cut the spring. Are you re-using your pak? If so cut the bolt. If your not, cut the leaf at the spring eye at different locations around the bushing. Be caerfull not to cut the torquebox. Ounce you make about three cuts pry the the pieces apart.
Make sure you cut through the spring ,sleeve, and into the bushing. At this point remove all the metal from the bushing and cut it with a knife. At this point you'll see the sleeve that has become part of that bolt you need to save. The sleeve has a seem running accross it . Take a junk screwdriver or chisel and work it apart. This will free the bolt from it and allow you to use it again. Luckly XJs only have two like this (front of springs only).
Make sure you clean the threads on the bolt as well as the frame side fastener.

Thats why I cut my springs.biggrin



Hope that helps

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