Body mount bolt in floor pans---HELP!!

[Miker]

Anyone got any ideas how to take care of gettin' these jokers out? PO must have put something around the bolt to lock er' down tight as a drum to the body. My one inch body lift is on hold till I figure a way to get these damn things out.
Help-- give some ideas,,,,

 

[302fix]

grinder/sawzall/bfh

 

[iwlbcnu]

either wring them off, shear the head off, or cut it off and then knock thru the bottom. Once the head is off it is a straight shot down.

 

[Explorer]

Crap! Hope that's just rust or sealer around them. Looks like they're welded.

 

[Pony2]

x2 as above looks welded grind them off.

 

[barronj]

my heads were rounded off from corrosion. I drilled the head bolt off, then drove it out the bottom w/ an air chisel. This was the easiest pair of body bolts for me to get out.

 

[Miker]

me thinks they are welded,,,,,,,,

 

[Dave]

Grind the tops flat with a disk grinder. Center punch and drill a 3/8 hole until the head falls off. you can keep drilling until everything is free. A smaller pilot hole first will keep the drill from wandering. Pretty quick and less painfull than laying under it with a sawsall.

 

[Explorer]

Looks like sawsall time. Maybe a hole saw just big enough to cut the head out and use a bigger washer for the new bolts. Times like that is when I love my plasma cutter.

 

[barronj]

me thinks they are welded,,,,,,,,

They might've welded a washer to the bolt crown, but that's it. It's not welded to the floorpan, or anything other than itself. Grind it off & you'll have a PITA bolt left to drive out the bottom, either through punch/hammer or air chisel.

 

[Viperwolf1]

3 minute job. Bust the heads off then take a 7/8" holesaw to the bottom of the bushing.

 

[Greg_B]

Mine looked like that as well... I took a 1/2" bolt about 4" long and laid it across the top of the head and welded it to it to form a "T".... then took a 18" cresent wrench on the end of the "T" bolt and twisted it right out.

You are going to want to run a 1/2" drill through the bushing when you get that bolt out anyway so you could drill a small pilot hole right down the center of the bolt then progressivly go up in drill size until the head falls off.

I still like the "T" idea best though...

Greg

 

[airbur]

Mine were the same. Are you replacing your floor pans also? I did that first and cut the pan around the bolt. I was then able to unscrew it with some PB Blaster.

 

[msommer001]

T idea sounds good.

Drill, grinder, elbow grease. Best to jump in and start with an idea and go from there.

Have fun.