I have 98 stratos trail trailer. My bunk brackets have broken. I have purchased new ones my issue is the bolts are welded on with rust, to make matters worse the heads are trying to round off on removal so I stop extracting. I need suggestions on removal! Is it best to drill? Grind off heads? Heat and melt off? Both the nut and bolt try to round off! Any advice would greatly be appreciated. My bracket type are the swivel bunk brackets!
Sounds like a job for the HOT wrench. I'd burn those suckers off and save hours of time and frustration.
"The man of system is apt to be very wise in his own conceit; and is often so enamored with the supposed beauty of his own ideal plan of government that he cannot suffer the smallest deviation from any part of it…He seems to imagine that he can arrange the different members of a great society with as much ease as the hand arranges the different pieces upon a chessboard.” Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments
If you don't have access to a torch you can use a 4 1/2" grinder with a 1/8" cutoff grinding wheel. I was just doing the same thing last night.
Butch Derickson
2011 Z521 w/250 hp SHO
Traverse City, Michigan
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