This sucks

[NC-Expy]

So I spent an hour trying to get off the 8 bolts that hold up the towing hitch on the back of my truck.

I got 3 off during that hour... I weigh 190 pounds and I'm a pretty strong dude...

Any suggestions on how to get those damn stubborn things off?

 

[jeff1998]

PB Blaster. Soak the bolts down and leave them for several hours. If that does not work a cutoff wheel on a die grinder will loosen any bolt.

 

[NC-Expy]

I soaked the freakin things with wd40 an hour before I even started working on it

 

[homer169]

WD-40 doesn't do the job nearly as well as PB Blaster will. There's also a product on the market called Knockerloose that works even better. We ended up with a can of that at work a year ago and it gets rusted shut parts free quickly.

 

[GAINMOB]

impact gun....

 

[HFFH]

put a pipe over your ratchet like a breaker bar to get more leverage

 

[walnuts4x4]

+1 for PB blaster works a lot better than wd-40

+1 for cheater bar on ratchet

+1 for impact

or all else fails heat the bolt to get it off

 

[tmajikman]

Half transmission oil mixed with half acetone is one of the best things to use for rusted bolts, you have to let it soak for several hours in order for it to work, but die grinder if all else fail.

 

[nvycrmn]

or, you can pay somebody else to deal with the problem! hahah. just kidding. you might also want to make sure that puppy isnt welded in place too. my 98, some ******* welded the hitch on so even after i got all the bolts out....what a day!

 

[NC-Expy]

or, you can pay somebody else to deal with the problem! hahah. just kidding. you might also want to make sure that puppy isnt welded in place too. my 98, some ******* welded the hitch on so even after i got all the bolts out....what a day!

Like I said in another post, some way or another PB blaster literally got rid of every bit of rust on it... so I'm just gonna tape up the bumper and spray paint it once the weather is a little warmer.