I'm "helping" a friend replace the bushings on his track bar. Well, that's what it started out as. The driver's side bolt absolutely wouldn't come out. I sprayed it, pounded on the threaded side (with the nut on to save the threads). Eventually, we tried to take the support bracket off so that we could get the thing over to the press. Well, the forward bolt that goes into the side frame rail was being a pain. It wasn't the hardest one to remove but it was the only one that broke it's retaining bracket. Actually, the nut separated from the retaining bracket. So, we cut it off. In pressing the bolt out of the track bar, the bracket bent... That's some strong steel and a strong, rusted bolt. Now, he's buying a new track bar and bracket. That's the easy part. The retaining bracket inside the frame rail WILL NOT COME OUT. I'm not sure what to do about it. We are going to cut the visible bolt as short as we can but I'm not sure it will be quite enough to let the bracket slide backward out from under an obstruction in the frame rail. My last ditch effort will be to pull that bracket out as far as I can, cut it off, and shove it into the frame rail and hope it gets out of the way.
So, the question is: How screwed are we?
So, the question is: How screwed are we?