Calling on CJ experts
08-24-2005, 09:07 AM
#41
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Re: Calling on CJ experts
If you are in the rust belt, well..... you are not going to be
happy.....
The crossmember has square holes in it and uses carrage bolts. I
recommend using a grinder or 'dremil' tool with a fiberglass cut off
wheel and just chopping them off then replacing them.
If you are really lucky and soak them for a few days with a good
penetrating oil, they 'might' unbolt but my experience is the 'square'
holes don't stay square with the torque of the wrench on the rusted
threads. If I can get the nuts loose, then I try to get a thin
screwdriver under it to hold pressure on it to try and keep the bolt
head in the hole.
Or maybe you could just do what I did to remove the tank. ;-)
Mine seemed to come off quite easily when I was doing a 'baja' run
across an old abandoned airfield 20 miles from the nearest house way
out in the bush. Ended up with the torn tank (after I dragged it by
the lines for a while) on it's side in the back seat with the front
diff vent line used as a gas line extension to get us home.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
happy.....
The crossmember has square holes in it and uses carrage bolts. I
recommend using a grinder or 'dremil' tool with a fiberglass cut off
wheel and just chopping them off then replacing them.
If you are really lucky and soak them for a few days with a good
penetrating oil, they 'might' unbolt but my experience is the 'square'
holes don't stay square with the torque of the wrench on the rusted
threads. If I can get the nuts loose, then I try to get a thin
screwdriver under it to hold pressure on it to try and keep the bolt
head in the hole.
Or maybe you could just do what I did to remove the tank. ;-)
Mine seemed to come off quite easily when I was doing a 'baja' run
across an old abandoned airfield 20 miles from the nearest house way
out in the bush. Ended up with the torn tank (after I dragged it by
the lines for a while) on it's side in the back seat with the front
diff vent line used as a gas line extension to get us home.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
08-24-2005, 11:49 AM
#42
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Re: Calling on CJ experts
I think I'll try the cut_off method as opposed to the 'tear_off' method
....... I was already thinking that this looks like a side grinder job :(
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:1124888876.447126.177520@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> If you are in the rust belt, well..... you are not going to be
> happy.....
>
> The crossmember has square holes in it and uses carrage bolts. I
> recommend using a grinder or 'dremil' tool with a fiberglass cut off
> wheel and just chopping them off then replacing them.
>
> If you are really lucky and soak them for a few days with a good
> penetrating oil, they 'might' unbolt but my experience is the 'square'
> holes don't stay square with the torque of the wrench on the rusted
> threads. If I can get the nuts loose, then I try to get a thin
> screwdriver under it to hold pressure on it to try and keep the bolt
> head in the hole.
>
> Or maybe you could just do what I did to remove the tank. ;-)
>
> Mine seemed to come off quite easily when I was doing a 'baja' run
> across an old abandoned airfield 20 miles from the nearest house way
> out in the bush. Ended up with the torn tank (after I dragged it by
> the lines for a while) on it's side in the back seat with the front
> diff vent line used as a gas line extension to get us home.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
....... I was already thinking that this looks like a side grinder job :(
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:1124888876.447126.177520@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> If you are in the rust belt, well..... you are not going to be
> happy.....
>
> The crossmember has square holes in it and uses carrage bolts. I
> recommend using a grinder or 'dremil' tool with a fiberglass cut off
> wheel and just chopping them off then replacing them.
>
> If you are really lucky and soak them for a few days with a good
> penetrating oil, they 'might' unbolt but my experience is the 'square'
> holes don't stay square with the torque of the wrench on the rusted
> threads. If I can get the nuts loose, then I try to get a thin
> screwdriver under it to hold pressure on it to try and keep the bolt
> head in the hole.
>
> Or maybe you could just do what I did to remove the tank. ;-)
>
> Mine seemed to come off quite easily when I was doing a 'baja' run
> across an old abandoned airfield 20 miles from the nearest house way
> out in the bush. Ended up with the torn tank (after I dragged it by
> the lines for a while) on it's side in the back seat with the front
> diff vent line used as a gas line extension to get us home.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
08-24-2005, 11:49 AM
#43
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Re: Calling on CJ experts
I think I'll try the cut_off method as opposed to the 'tear_off' method
....... I was already thinking that this looks like a side grinder job :(
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:1124888876.447126.177520@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> If you are in the rust belt, well..... you are not going to be
> happy.....
>
> The crossmember has square holes in it and uses carrage bolts. I
> recommend using a grinder or 'dremil' tool with a fiberglass cut off
> wheel and just chopping them off then replacing them.
>
> If you are really lucky and soak them for a few days with a good
> penetrating oil, they 'might' unbolt but my experience is the 'square'
> holes don't stay square with the torque of the wrench on the rusted
> threads. If I can get the nuts loose, then I try to get a thin
> screwdriver under it to hold pressure on it to try and keep the bolt
> head in the hole.
>
> Or maybe you could just do what I did to remove the tank. ;-)
>
> Mine seemed to come off quite easily when I was doing a 'baja' run
> across an old abandoned airfield 20 miles from the nearest house way
> out in the bush. Ended up with the torn tank (after I dragged it by
> the lines for a while) on it's side in the back seat with the front
> diff vent line used as a gas line extension to get us home.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
....... I was already thinking that this looks like a side grinder job :(
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:1124888876.447126.177520@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> If you are in the rust belt, well..... you are not going to be
> happy.....
>
> The crossmember has square holes in it and uses carrage bolts. I
> recommend using a grinder or 'dremil' tool with a fiberglass cut off
> wheel and just chopping them off then replacing them.
>
> If you are really lucky and soak them for a few days with a good
> penetrating oil, they 'might' unbolt but my experience is the 'square'
> holes don't stay square with the torque of the wrench on the rusted
> threads. If I can get the nuts loose, then I try to get a thin
> screwdriver under it to hold pressure on it to try and keep the bolt
> head in the hole.
>
> Or maybe you could just do what I did to remove the tank. ;-)
>
> Mine seemed to come off quite easily when I was doing a 'baja' run
> across an old abandoned airfield 20 miles from the nearest house way
> out in the bush. Ended up with the torn tank (after I dragged it by
> the lines for a while) on it's side in the back seat with the front
> diff vent line used as a gas line extension to get us home.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
08-24-2005, 11:49 AM
#44
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Re: Calling on CJ experts
I think I'll try the cut_off method as opposed to the 'tear_off' method
....... I was already thinking that this looks like a side grinder job :(
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:1124888876.447126.177520@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> If you are in the rust belt, well..... you are not going to be
> happy.....
>
> The crossmember has square holes in it and uses carrage bolts. I
> recommend using a grinder or 'dremil' tool with a fiberglass cut off
> wheel and just chopping them off then replacing them.
>
> If you are really lucky and soak them for a few days with a good
> penetrating oil, they 'might' unbolt but my experience is the 'square'
> holes don't stay square with the torque of the wrench on the rusted
> threads. If I can get the nuts loose, then I try to get a thin
> screwdriver under it to hold pressure on it to try and keep the bolt
> head in the hole.
>
> Or maybe you could just do what I did to remove the tank. ;-)
>
> Mine seemed to come off quite easily when I was doing a 'baja' run
> across an old abandoned airfield 20 miles from the nearest house way
> out in the bush. Ended up with the torn tank (after I dragged it by
> the lines for a while) on it's side in the back seat with the front
> diff vent line used as a gas line extension to get us home.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
....... I was already thinking that this looks like a side grinder job :(
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:1124888876.447126.177520@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> If you are in the rust belt, well..... you are not going to be
> happy.....
>
> The crossmember has square holes in it and uses carrage bolts. I
> recommend using a grinder or 'dremil' tool with a fiberglass cut off
> wheel and just chopping them off then replacing them.
>
> If you are really lucky and soak them for a few days with a good
> penetrating oil, they 'might' unbolt but my experience is the 'square'
> holes don't stay square with the torque of the wrench on the rusted
> threads. If I can get the nuts loose, then I try to get a thin
> screwdriver under it to hold pressure on it to try and keep the bolt
> head in the hole.
>
> Or maybe you could just do what I did to remove the tank. ;-)
>
> Mine seemed to come off quite easily when I was doing a 'baja' run
> across an old abandoned airfield 20 miles from the nearest house way
> out in the bush. Ended up with the torn tank (after I dragged it by
> the lines for a while) on it's side in the back seat with the front
> diff vent line used as a gas line extension to get us home.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
08-24-2005, 11:49 AM
#45
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Re: Calling on CJ experts
I think I'll try the cut_off method as opposed to the 'tear_off' method
....... I was already thinking that this looks like a side grinder job :(
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:1124888876.447126.177520@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> If you are in the rust belt, well..... you are not going to be
> happy.....
>
> The crossmember has square holes in it and uses carrage bolts. I
> recommend using a grinder or 'dremil' tool with a fiberglass cut off
> wheel and just chopping them off then replacing them.
>
> If you are really lucky and soak them for a few days with a good
> penetrating oil, they 'might' unbolt but my experience is the 'square'
> holes don't stay square with the torque of the wrench on the rusted
> threads. If I can get the nuts loose, then I try to get a thin
> screwdriver under it to hold pressure on it to try and keep the bolt
> head in the hole.
>
> Or maybe you could just do what I did to remove the tank. ;-)
>
> Mine seemed to come off quite easily when I was doing a 'baja' run
> across an old abandoned airfield 20 miles from the nearest house way
> out in the bush. Ended up with the torn tank (after I dragged it by
> the lines for a while) on it's side in the back seat with the front
> diff vent line used as a gas line extension to get us home.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
....... I was already thinking that this looks like a side grinder job :(
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:1124888876.447126.177520@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> If you are in the rust belt, well..... you are not going to be
> happy.....
>
> The crossmember has square holes in it and uses carrage bolts. I
> recommend using a grinder or 'dremil' tool with a fiberglass cut off
> wheel and just chopping them off then replacing them.
>
> If you are really lucky and soak them for a few days with a good
> penetrating oil, they 'might' unbolt but my experience is the 'square'
> holes don't stay square with the torque of the wrench on the rusted
> threads. If I can get the nuts loose, then I try to get a thin
> screwdriver under it to hold pressure on it to try and keep the bolt
> head in the hole.
>
> Or maybe you could just do what I did to remove the tank. ;-)
>
> Mine seemed to come off quite easily when I was doing a 'baja' run
> across an old abandoned airfield 20 miles from the nearest house way
> out in the bush. Ended up with the torn tank (after I dragged it by
> the lines for a while) on it's side in the back seat with the front
> diff vent line used as a gas line extension to get us home.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
08-24-2005, 02:46 PM
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Re: Calling on CJ experts
If you haven't got one see if you can borrow one, there are plenty out there
and all you might have to do is buy a $1 replacement grinder wheel.
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"Rod's news" <rod.gram@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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>I think I'll try the cut_off method as opposed to the 'tear_off' method
>...... I was already thinking that this looks like a side grinder job :(
>
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:1124888876.447126.177520@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>> If you are in the rust belt, well..... you are not going to be
>> happy.....
>>
>> The crossmember has square holes in it and uses carrage bolts. I
>> recommend using a grinder or 'dremil' tool with a fiberglass cut off
>> wheel and just chopping them off then replacing them.
>>
>> If you are really lucky and soak them for a few days with a good
>> penetrating oil, they 'might' unbolt but my experience is the 'square'
>> holes don't stay square with the torque of the wrench on the rusted
>> threads. If I can get the nuts loose, then I try to get a thin
>> screwdriver under it to hold pressure on it to try and keep the bolt
>> head in the hole.
>>
>> Or maybe you could just do what I did to remove the tank. ;-)
>>
>> Mine seemed to come off quite easily when I was doing a 'baja' run
>> across an old abandoned airfield 20 miles from the nearest house way
>> out in the bush. Ended up with the torn tank (after I dragged it by
>> the lines for a while) on it's side in the back seat with the front
>> diff vent line used as a gas line extension to get us home.
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>
>
>
and all you might have to do is buy a $1 replacement grinder wheel.
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"Rod's news" <rod.gram@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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>I think I'll try the cut_off method as opposed to the 'tear_off' method
>...... I was already thinking that this looks like a side grinder job :(
>
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:1124888876.447126.177520@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>> If you are in the rust belt, well..... you are not going to be
>> happy.....
>>
>> The crossmember has square holes in it and uses carrage bolts. I
>> recommend using a grinder or 'dremil' tool with a fiberglass cut off
>> wheel and just chopping them off then replacing them.
>>
>> If you are really lucky and soak them for a few days with a good
>> penetrating oil, they 'might' unbolt but my experience is the 'square'
>> holes don't stay square with the torque of the wrench on the rusted
>> threads. If I can get the nuts loose, then I try to get a thin
>> screwdriver under it to hold pressure on it to try and keep the bolt
>> head in the hole.
>>
>> Or maybe you could just do what I did to remove the tank. ;-)
>>
>> Mine seemed to come off quite easily when I was doing a 'baja' run
>> across an old abandoned airfield 20 miles from the nearest house way
>> out in the bush. Ended up with the torn tank (after I dragged it by
>> the lines for a while) on it's side in the back seat with the front
>> diff vent line used as a gas line extension to get us home.
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>
>
>
08-24-2005, 02:46 PM
#47
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Re: Calling on CJ experts
If you haven't got one see if you can borrow one, there are plenty out there
and all you might have to do is buy a $1 replacement grinder wheel.
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"Rod's news" <rod.gram@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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>I think I'll try the cut_off method as opposed to the 'tear_off' method
>...... I was already thinking that this looks like a side grinder job :(
>
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:1124888876.447126.177520@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>> If you are in the rust belt, well..... you are not going to be
>> happy.....
>>
>> The crossmember has square holes in it and uses carrage bolts. I
>> recommend using a grinder or 'dremil' tool with a fiberglass cut off
>> wheel and just chopping them off then replacing them.
>>
>> If you are really lucky and soak them for a few days with a good
>> penetrating oil, they 'might' unbolt but my experience is the 'square'
>> holes don't stay square with the torque of the wrench on the rusted
>> threads. If I can get the nuts loose, then I try to get a thin
>> screwdriver under it to hold pressure on it to try and keep the bolt
>> head in the hole.
>>
>> Or maybe you could just do what I did to remove the tank. ;-)
>>
>> Mine seemed to come off quite easily when I was doing a 'baja' run
>> across an old abandoned airfield 20 miles from the nearest house way
>> out in the bush. Ended up with the torn tank (after I dragged it by
>> the lines for a while) on it's side in the back seat with the front
>> diff vent line used as a gas line extension to get us home.
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>
>
>
and all you might have to do is buy a $1 replacement grinder wheel.
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"Rod's news" <rod.gram@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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>I think I'll try the cut_off method as opposed to the 'tear_off' method
>...... I was already thinking that this looks like a side grinder job :(
>
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:1124888876.447126.177520@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>> If you are in the rust belt, well..... you are not going to be
>> happy.....
>>
>> The crossmember has square holes in it and uses carrage bolts. I
>> recommend using a grinder or 'dremil' tool with a fiberglass cut off
>> wheel and just chopping them off then replacing them.
>>
>> If you are really lucky and soak them for a few days with a good
>> penetrating oil, they 'might' unbolt but my experience is the 'square'
>> holes don't stay square with the torque of the wrench on the rusted
>> threads. If I can get the nuts loose, then I try to get a thin
>> screwdriver under it to hold pressure on it to try and keep the bolt
>> head in the hole.
>>
>> Or maybe you could just do what I did to remove the tank. ;-)
>>
>> Mine seemed to come off quite easily when I was doing a 'baja' run
>> across an old abandoned airfield 20 miles from the nearest house way
>> out in the bush. Ended up with the torn tank (after I dragged it by
>> the lines for a while) on it's side in the back seat with the front
>> diff vent line used as a gas line extension to get us home.
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>
>
>
08-24-2005, 02:46 PM
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Re: Calling on CJ experts
If you haven't got one see if you can borrow one, there are plenty out there
and all you might have to do is buy a $1 replacement grinder wheel.
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"Rod's news" <rod.gram@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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>I think I'll try the cut_off method as opposed to the 'tear_off' method
>...... I was already thinking that this looks like a side grinder job :(
>
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:1124888876.447126.177520@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>> If you are in the rust belt, well..... you are not going to be
>> happy.....
>>
>> The crossmember has square holes in it and uses carrage bolts. I
>> recommend using a grinder or 'dremil' tool with a fiberglass cut off
>> wheel and just chopping them off then replacing them.
>>
>> If you are really lucky and soak them for a few days with a good
>> penetrating oil, they 'might' unbolt but my experience is the 'square'
>> holes don't stay square with the torque of the wrench on the rusted
>> threads. If I can get the nuts loose, then I try to get a thin
>> screwdriver under it to hold pressure on it to try and keep the bolt
>> head in the hole.
>>
>> Or maybe you could just do what I did to remove the tank. ;-)
>>
>> Mine seemed to come off quite easily when I was doing a 'baja' run
>> across an old abandoned airfield 20 miles from the nearest house way
>> out in the bush. Ended up with the torn tank (after I dragged it by
>> the lines for a while) on it's side in the back seat with the front
>> diff vent line used as a gas line extension to get us home.
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>
>
>
and all you might have to do is buy a $1 replacement grinder wheel.
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"Rod's news" <rod.gram@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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>I think I'll try the cut_off method as opposed to the 'tear_off' method
>...... I was already thinking that this looks like a side grinder job :(
>
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:1124888876.447126.177520@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>> If you are in the rust belt, well..... you are not going to be
>> happy.....
>>
>> The crossmember has square holes in it and uses carrage bolts. I
>> recommend using a grinder or 'dremil' tool with a fiberglass cut off
>> wheel and just chopping them off then replacing them.
>>
>> If you are really lucky and soak them for a few days with a good
>> penetrating oil, they 'might' unbolt but my experience is the 'square'
>> holes don't stay square with the torque of the wrench on the rusted
>> threads. If I can get the nuts loose, then I try to get a thin
>> screwdriver under it to hold pressure on it to try and keep the bolt
>> head in the hole.
>>
>> Or maybe you could just do what I did to remove the tank. ;-)
>>
>> Mine seemed to come off quite easily when I was doing a 'baja' run
>> across an old abandoned airfield 20 miles from the nearest house way
>> out in the bush. Ended up with the torn tank (after I dragged it by
>> the lines for a while) on it's side in the back seat with the front
>> diff vent line used as a gas line extension to get us home.
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>
>
>
08-24-2005, 02:46 PM
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Re: Calling on CJ experts
If you haven't got one see if you can borrow one, there are plenty out there
and all you might have to do is buy a $1 replacement grinder wheel.
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2002 Jeep WJ 4 Liter Automatic
Brilliant Black Crystal Pearl Coat
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"Rod's news" <rod.gram@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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>I think I'll try the cut_off method as opposed to the 'tear_off' method
>...... I was already thinking that this looks like a side grinder job :(
>
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:1124888876.447126.177520@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>> If you are in the rust belt, well..... you are not going to be
>> happy.....
>>
>> The crossmember has square holes in it and uses carrage bolts. I
>> recommend using a grinder or 'dremil' tool with a fiberglass cut off
>> wheel and just chopping them off then replacing them.
>>
>> If you are really lucky and soak them for a few days with a good
>> penetrating oil, they 'might' unbolt but my experience is the 'square'
>> holes don't stay square with the torque of the wrench on the rusted
>> threads. If I can get the nuts loose, then I try to get a thin
>> screwdriver under it to hold pressure on it to try and keep the bolt
>> head in the hole.
>>
>> Or maybe you could just do what I did to remove the tank. ;-)
>>
>> Mine seemed to come off quite easily when I was doing a 'baja' run
>> across an old abandoned airfield 20 miles from the nearest house way
>> out in the bush. Ended up with the torn tank (after I dragged it by
>> the lines for a while) on it's side in the back seat with the front
>> diff vent line used as a gas line extension to get us home.
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>
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and all you might have to do is buy a $1 replacement grinder wheel.
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2002 Jeep WJ 4 Liter Automatic
Brilliant Black Crystal Pearl Coat
Sharing is why we are all here....... or should be.
..
"Rod's news" <rod.gram@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:4G0Pe.298792$5V4.165558@pd7tw3no...
>I think I'll try the cut_off method as opposed to the 'tear_off' method
>...... I was already thinking that this looks like a side grinder job :(
>
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:1124888876.447126.177520@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>> If you are in the rust belt, well..... you are not going to be
>> happy.....
>>
>> The crossmember has square holes in it and uses carrage bolts. I
>> recommend using a grinder or 'dremil' tool with a fiberglass cut off
>> wheel and just chopping them off then replacing them.
>>
>> If you are really lucky and soak them for a few days with a good
>> penetrating oil, they 'might' unbolt but my experience is the 'square'
>> holes don't stay square with the torque of the wrench on the rusted
>> threads. If I can get the nuts loose, then I try to get a thin
>> screwdriver under it to hold pressure on it to try and keep the bolt
>> head in the hole.
>>
>> Or maybe you could just do what I did to remove the tank. ;-)
>>
>> Mine seemed to come off quite easily when I was doing a 'baja' run
>> across an old abandoned airfield 20 miles from the nearest house way
>> out in the bush. Ended up with the torn tank (after I dragged it by
>> the lines for a while) on it's side in the back seat with the front
>> diff vent line used as a gas line extension to get us home.
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>>
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>
08-24-2005, 03:06 PM
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Re: Calling on CJ experts
"Billy Ray" <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
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> If you haven't got one see if you can borrow one, there are plenty out
> there and all you might have to do is buy a $1 replacement grinder wheel.
I have one ....... my concern is flying molten metal :)