FRIGGIN 3rd gen track bar install!!!!!!!! Need Help

FRIGGIN 3rd gen track bar install!!!!!!!! Need Help

04-15-2007, 04:29 PM

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JCyrbok

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FRIGGIN 3rd gen track bar install!!!!!!!! Need Help

OK, I have been dealing with this 3rd gen track bar stuff for a couple of weeks. First a bolt is the wrong size, so I deal with that and then some other minor issues.

So today I start the install and for the life of me I can NOT get the ball joint end of the track bar to budge. I have hammered on it with a 3lb and a 12lb sledge, have broken a pickle fork, have tried a whole can of PB Blaster, have tried heating it up with a torch and then dousing it with water all for the last 2 hours and it has not even moved!!!!!!!!!!!!. I have even tried moving the wheels to see if that would break it loose. I have sworn like a sailor and that even didnt help, LOL.

I am to the point where the old track bar is not re-useable and I absolutely have to have my truck back by tonight. Everyone talks about how easy this is to do, but I am stuck!

I need help, like 2 hours ago, LOL. Any ideas????

J-

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