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T-Bar bolt Snapped!

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ledevil   +1y
Here's what I did and I don't see how this would cause this. I was having a odd clunk noise under my truck I jacked it up looked around found my sway bar end link bushings were TOAST! I replaced those set the truck back on the ground drove about 6 blocks if that to my work and my Bolt snapped not bent or stripped out but snapped! Not the fork part but the bolt you adjust to raise and lower the truck with. Question is how the hell do I get the remaining part of the broken bolt out of the threaded part that's attached to the frame?

Here's what I've tried:

1. Sprayed the crap out of it with PB Blast...
2. I tried drilling it but that doesn't seem to work even with my smallest metal bit it won't get deep enough for a easy out.
3. I tried putting two bolts on the remaining bolt threads and backed them together and used my impact and that didn't even get the remaining threads to budge.

End result was me trying to take the other side out so the truck would sit level on bump stops and that bolt snapped as well. Twisted right in two! So now I'm tucking 27' Wildcat mud terrains and to be honest it looks funny tucking a mud tire. So if any of you have advice/trick on getting this out it would be greatly appreciated.
toddluck   +1y
the part that it threads into just pop it out of the topside youll need to replace the whole thing
ledevil   +1y
I tryed getting that part out is there a trick to it? Thanks for the heads up.
toddluck   +1y
it should just pop out try hitting it with a big screwdriver and hammer if it doenst come out easy thats prolly why it broke.....is your truck rusty undeneath
??
pont   +1y
mine did that here not to long ago. I got mine out with a pipe wrench and a 17 mm wrench (did not have a vise) I used some heat and i got the broken bolt out but it messed up the treads really bad. Luck for me were I work has a machine shop and I had the guy there drill and retap the T bolt. Works great and did not cost me a thing. If you don't have access to a machine shop I would just look into buying new ones and not even worry with the old ones.
ledevil   +1y
I don't know if there is something wrong with my truck or what but that stupid threaded part is touching the bottom of my cab floor and won't come out I tried prying twisting beating and it's like it's bolted to the top of the frame. It's not rusted/rusty under there either. I don't know if this helps but its a crappy pic I drew in like 2 seconds to show how close it is. I'm really stumped my old Mazda all I did was twist this part sideways and it came out but not this one.

toddluck   +1y
yeah the are close you have to kind of tilt it to get it out of there is your truck jacked up???
ledevil   +1y
If by jacked up you mean on Jack stands yes it was when I was trying to get it out. But currently sitting in my parking spot on bump stops
If you mean jacked up as in lifted no it was at stock height from the previous owner.

I guess tomorrow I'll just beat the hell out of them with a hammer while I'm at my buddy's house. Thanks for the help guys
toddluck   +1y
cool cool...yes i ment on jackstands...lol
pont   +1y
When mine broke I turned it so that it was parallel with the cross member and then tilted it to one side and it fell out the bottom.