e21pilot
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Jul 28, 2013
- Messages
- 171
- Vehicle Year
- 1992
- Transmission
- Manual
I've dreaded having to replace the body mounts on my LB Ranger because they are so hard to get out. I've cut them out before, burned them out before, hammered out from the top before, drilled them out...
I did it enough times that I finally came up with a good idea. The pic below is simply a way of using the bottom nut and the original bolt to pull the nut and lower bushing down and off of the upper mount. It just takes three pieces of scrap angle iron, and one drilled hole for the bolt to thread up through the bottom. Spin the bolt in through the hole in the bottom angle iron until it is snug. Then a couple of dozen turns with a ratchet and the bottom nut and bushing simply fall off. Simple.
I did it enough times that I finally came up with a good idea. The pic below is simply a way of using the bottom nut and the original bolt to pull the nut and lower bushing down and off of the upper mount. It just takes three pieces of scrap angle iron, and one drilled hole for the bolt to thread up through the bottom. Spin the bolt in through the hole in the bottom angle iron until it is snug. Then a couple of dozen turns with a ratchet and the bottom nut and bushing simply fall off. Simple.