Cant get 3 jaw puller on sway bar bolt, out of ideas.
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OP....I think it should be noted that you should only cut if all other attempts are unfruitful...I wasn't very clear with that right off the bat. Try the 2 arm puller first, or the c-clamp methods first, if you haven't already. If you have cut away. LOL
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Yep, take your grinder and take down the head of bolt... then smack it while hot. Cut and grind the threaded side next if you still have trouble and use a punch to knock it out.
Works every time..
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I cut the threaded end off and left 3/4 of an inch to work with. Take your grinder and concave the end of the threaded side. This is so that the tip of a air hammer point will have a place to sit and not glance off the bolt as easy when being run. Works very well and heating always helps too.
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I ended up just hacking off the threaded section, then using the 3 jaw puller. The bolt had become bent somehow (probably from previous attempts to get it free), so I had to give the 3 jaw puller's center screw a flat surface to work on because it kept slipping off when being ratcheted down. Anyway, that headache is finally done. Thanks for everyone's suggestions and help.
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Congratulations !!!! Every XJ owner needs to experience that trial at some point, like a right of passage into ownership. Once you know how to skin that cat, it's a whole lot easier on the second one lol.
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Ha its like a right of passage, you have now become a true owner lol. Mine was pretty easy, blasted it with PB, went to rent a pitman arm puller, popped them out in the autozone parking lot lol,
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