Originally Posted by crazy96863

This will make some of you cringe but After taking the bolts out, I threaded the bolt in through the bottom and clamped a pair of vice grips on as tight as possible. I then proceeded to beat the hell out of the thing with a 4lb sledge. I have done this ob my truck and several other in The junk yard; it works you just have to put your *** into it.

If you need extra bolts, take them out of another truck.

Mounts and the hardware are super cheap at the junkyard. 2wds use the same mounts/hardware and seem to generally be in better shape.

After 10 yrs my vice grips still work great; it pays to buy the good ****.

Originally Posted by crazy96863

Oh, they press together nicely when you reassemble by simply tightening the bolt.