Re: [DML] Body Mounting Bolts

["tundra44@xxxx" <tundra44@xxxx>]

If you broke the weld nut free you can grind/cut the head of the bolt off.
Then you use a rectangle shaped steel plate that will fit through a hole in the
frame.
Drill a hole large enough for the bolt in the plate. Weld a nut to the plate. Use
grade 8 bolts and nuts. Sorry, I do not know the metric equivalent. Spot weld a
wire (coat hanger?) to the plate and insert into the frame. The plate should be
shaped so that it cannot spin inside of the frame. Install bolt and pull wire to
remove.
Mike Jeakle
VIN ?
njp548@xxxx wrote:

> hey list,
>
> Earlier in the week I was working on removing the body mounting bolts when
> I got into a little problem with it. I managed to get one of the bolts
> securing the front of the body to the frame at the front shock towers, but
> the drivers side one won't move. In order to keep the weld nut from moving
> on the passenger side, I stuck the flat side of a tire iron into the place
> where the weld nut was and that seemed to have made the nut stay in place.
> Another problem I am having is the mounting bolt that secures the passenger
> side of the cross brace in the engine compartment, I am afraid that I have
> broken the weld nut free and now the bolt spins freely but doesn't get loose.
> I tried to find a spot where I could put that flat side to the tire iron in
> there again to see if that would work but it looks to be a closed part of the
> frame. Does anyone have any information to remove those 2 mounting bolts.
> And also I can't seem to get a good grip on the mounting bolt securing the
> passenger side pontoon to the frame. Do I have to remove that piping inside
> the pontoon that connects to the air cleaner? Any help would be greatly
> appreciated. Thanks a lot everyone!
>
> Later,
> Nick
> VIN#1852
>
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