How to remove these bolts RESOLVED

[4uall]

Those bent over brackets on the nuts are called locking tabs and are bent over to prevent the nuts from coming loose and ruining you day while you are crusing down the road.

Another lesson learned

remove the hub from balljoints. hammer out the bolts. no other way to do it, it was intended to be done that way

Thanks, hopefully get this done tomorrow

[v6spider]

4Uall

Glad you figured it out... Lucky they weren't rusted to the point of cutting. On my spider every bolt has been removed on the steering and replaced because the steering was modified to accommodate my 4.3 l v6. I forgot about the locking tabs as on my spider I used nyloc nuts with new grade 8 bolts. As two of the bolts hold the steering arms make double sure that every thing is torqued proper and tabs are locking the bolts in place. Last you want happening is the steering arms loosening.

Cheers!

Rob

[4uall]

Yesterday came and went. Made a little progress

[Zulu]

Your front was even dirtier than mine! Looking good so far. If you aren't going to be keeping the big tube bumpers, you can unbolt the bracket mount and get rid of a little bit more clutter. I'm excited to see your final product.

[4uall]

Done