Started tearing it down tonight

[chrisd0729]

I started tearing down the driver's side tonight to replace the floor, rocker and and spent about 3-4 hours already. I had to siphon the aux. tank to drop it, pull the door and then start removing the fender. I broke 2 bolts along the top of the fender and I broke the threaded fastener on the rear most bolt on top of the fender. Any ideas how to get this bolt out besides pulling the hood and drilling it out?

 

[2badrotties]

Don't worry about breaking any of the body bolts or the U-nuts that the bolts thread into. That last fender bolt is not a problem. Once you get the bronco apart, you will see how easy it is to replace even that last u-nut. If you go to a autobody supply store you can buy 50 new bolts and 50 new U-nuts for right around $22 through J&T.

 

[chrisd0729]

Thanks 2bad. If that last one is stuck in there though, any suggestions on how to get it out? The threaded part of the u-nut broke away from the rest of the u-nut and now the bolt is just spinning with the u-nut piece and they're both in tight spots.

 

[chris]

Can you get a grinder or cut off wheel in there to cut the head off?

 

[chrisd0729]

I barely got my grinder with a 1/2 worn cutting wheel up there and cut off the u-nut and threaded part of the bolt. Then the head came right off.

 

[brutis72eb]

I did the same as Chris and works pretty good