So here is what was left of the outside nut after cutting off almost half of it with the Dremel so I could fruitlessly pound on it with hammer and chisel (which eventually broke!). I was one of the lucky ones where the nuts were majorly welded on. Sprayed them 5 x from above and below with Kroil, PB, and Cyclo weekly for a month before. The inner ones came out but on the outers the heads rounded off even with a 6 pt socket. No body lift, so cut the bolt heads off with the Dremel. Tried breaking the nuts off with punch and chisel but you could see all the welding slag around them. Removed the fender liner so I could see in there, and with the shocks off cut the nuts from below through the hole. Be forewarned you will need many of the 1 1/4" reinforced wheels as they wear down quickly. The Dremel was also seriously overheating. Probably wore out $30 worth of Dremel implements. But no loosening of body bolts (which may have also not come out) or holes in my tub.
Drill some holes in your tub just big enough to get a straw through above where your body mount bolts are and then you can soak them. I didn't and ended up breaking 3 of them.
On the positive side, drive to work this morning was vastly improved with the new Rancho RS5000X shocks! My front had the original 12 year old stockers and the back were too-stiff KYB put on by a previous owner. I was pretty sure the ride could be improved.
I am one of the very few, I got all 4 of mine out without breaking. Like the OP, I soaked mine twice a day for about a month. Once in the morning before work and again after work.
I had no chance of getting my bolts out when i installed my lift so i intentionally broke all four bolts then used an air hammer with a punch and punched out the welded nut above the mount then removed both rear fender liners and was just able to sneak new bolts and washers in to the holes and installed my new shocks may not be the prettiest way of doing it but it worked for me here in ct those bolts didn't stand a chance
I did similar to the above. Used an air chisel to knock the nuts off of the top, but i had already had the body lift (1.25") on, so you could get to them a little easier.
I broke all four off. Tried the air chisel and got nowhere. We were going to drill them out and tap them, no go. we rotated the shock head about 1/4 of an inch and drilled new holes. seems to be working. Guess time will tell.
That's another good method. Cutting off the two bolt heads first, and then the nuts--took forever. Can't believe the Dremel didn't melt it was getting so hot. Had to keep stopping so it could cool off. was starting to lose it. I hope thats as bad as it gets for tedious repairs.
I had the same issue. Fortunately my dad is a damn genius when it comes to this stuff and was able to drill out the bolt w/o damaging the threads. Two things came from this, I should have made the "access panels" in the tub, I LOVE KROIL. Kroil saved the other 3 bolts.
Also agree stronger bolts or a better mounting location would have been great.
Had the inner ones been seized I think I would have gone that route. They would have been impossible to see from the wheel well unless your skull was unnaturally small or your eyes were on little stalks, LOL.
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