melting locktite for body lift

[jeffseal]

some one recommended getting a propain torch and holding it on the bolts for 1 minute to melt the locktite so the bolts would come out easier. my question is where do you hold the torch. also i looked at the body mounts and there is no bolt at the bottom, do they screw in to somthing inside the mount or are the bolts up inside the bushing. when putting a body lift on you put bolts on the bottom right or do they screw into something too?

also what is the best, easy to pick up at pepboys/homedepot lubricant to help get the bolts out.



thanks SEAL

 

[JDraper]

I had to remove the cab mount bolts on my explorer to mount the nerf bars, and the bolts came loose with a breaker bar (read "old vacuum cleaner tube on the end of my 1/2" socket drive"). The loctite they use is not permanant. If you heat the bolt, you can heat the head but be real careful not to melt anything. If you get the whole bolt up to about 200° F, it should soften the Loctite. We use a lot of different Loctite threadlockers here at work, and they all start to break down at about 180°.

 

[COMMOCOZY]

Did this when I did my body lift. It helped greatly.. I did catch a few months on fire though no big deal just don't burn them to a crisp! The tread lock the factory puts on is the runs down the whole bolt. An impact wrench will be your best bet!

 

[jeffseal]

what exactly is an impact wrench??

 

[Stephen S]

It's an air tool. It uses compressed air, a rotor and a cylinder to spin a square drive, like a ratchet has. When you use it on a bolt that is tight, the socket won't spin, so the action of the air pressure jerks or "impacts."
Crappy description I know, I'm sorry.

 

[COMMOCOZY]

Air tool... Looks like a hand gun. umm and you put a socket on the end of it. I am not trying to sounds like a smart ass just trying to think of the best way to describe it.

Can anyone else to better?

 

[JDraper]

Simple description is it's the air wrench they use to put the lug nuts on your wheels at the shop. If you watch nascar, it's the air wrench you see them use on pit stops.

 

[jeffseal]

yeah that is what i thought it was. i dotn have any or have acess to air tools what is the next best thing

 

[FMExplorer]

Jeff,
The body mounts on my explorer didn't have locktite - the actual nut the bolt screwed in to had about 1.5-2" of thread - that is what makes them so hard to turn - lots of friction. I replaced all of the nuts and bolts with grade 8.8 bolts. A few of the original bolts snapped under the strain so be careful - it may happen to you too!

Jon

 

[JDraper]

Use LOTS of liquid wrench, and let it sit for a while after you do it, like 20 minutes so it soaks in. You can then use a socket with a breaker bar (if you don't have one, use a piece of pipe on your ratchet, but make sure you have a ratchet with a lifetime guarantee ) to get the bolts out. It takes quite a bit of cranking. As Jon said, they are quite long. I don't know what years they used loctite on, but a little heat with a torch will loosen the loctite (don't use the torch after using liquid wrench!!!)

Good Luck!!

 

[jeffseal]

i was just messing around and pulled up the carpet covering the rear bolts and they came out REAL easy, are those two just an execption or am was i just thinking it was going to be alot harder that it realy is

 

[FMExplorer]

You got lucky my man!

Jon

 

[JDraper]

Hope your luck holds. The ones I took out were a sob!!