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Old 02-12-2020, 06:20 PM   #13
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Re: Very rusty rear coil spring bolts in 1968 C10

I went through this on my 67 a few months back and since I knew I wasn't re-using the springs, bolts, or retainers I was free to take out some pent up aggression. First, I cut the springs out and got them mostly out of the way. I was pulling the trailing arms for new bushings so those came out next. I was fortunate in that both upper bolts actually came off with just using my breaker bar. If they had been really stuck I'd have probably resorted to the Grumpy method. It has worked for me in the past many times.

With the trailing arms out I was again fortunate in that both bottom bolts broke after about 5-6 turns. Beat the rest out with a punch and hammer.
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