Purpose of upgraded torsion bars?

[TheLCProject]

That same bolt broke on my 99. Waiting for a reason to pull the torsion bars to get it fixed properly.

 

[gatormark91]

That same bolt broke on my 99. Waiting for a reason to pull the torsion bars to get it fixed properly.

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You can't fix that, the bolt will never come out of the captive nut, even if you drill it. The bolt broke because it is rusted in the captive nut. Knock the nut off the back of the frame bracket and replace that with a new bolt, washer, and nut (use anti-sieze liberally), and secured with LockTite. It's a 15 minute fix.

 

[TheLCProject]

You can't fix that, the bolt will never come out of the captive nut, even if you drill it. The bolt broke because it is rusted in the captive nut. Knock the nut off the back of the frame bracket and replace that with a new bolt, washer, and nut (use anti-sieze liberally), and secured with LockTite. It's a 15 minute fix.

That doesn't sound nearly as fun as removing the torsion bar, punching a center on broken bolt, drilling it out, cleaning the threads, etc.

 

[TheLCProject]

That doesn't sound nearly as fun as removing the torsion bar, punching a center on broken bolt, drilling it out, cleaning the threads, etc.

You can't fix that, the bolt will never come out of the captive nut, even if you drill it. The bolt broke because it is rusted in the captive nut. Knock the nut off the back of the frame bracket and replace that with a new bolt, washer, and nut (use anti-sieze liberally), and secured with LockTite. It's a 15 minute fix.

do you have any suggestions on how to "knock" the captive nut off the frame bracket? I am 15 minutes in and I have not been able to knock it off yet.

 

[gatormark91]

do you have any suggestions on how to "knock" the captive nut off the frame bracket? I am 15 minutes in and I have not been able to knock it off yet.

Cold chisel

 

[TheLCProject]

Cold chisel

I used a Dremel to cut and grind it off. I had no success with a cold chisel.

Thanks for the suggestion. It's painted and I'll fasten it all together tomorrow once it's dry.

 

[gatormark91]

I used a Dremel to cut and grind it off. I had no success with a cold chisel.

Thanks for the suggestion. It's painted and I'll fasten it all together tomorrow once it's dry.

Sucks it took longer than expected, but glad my suggestion helped!