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Why when you start a job you say I wish I hadn't started!!

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Sheddy:
I did this job tonight!!

I'll start by telling you what I found right at the end of the job.  If you look at the tubes that the bolts go through from the rear of the vehicl there is a hole right at the top.  Just big enough to get the tube on a wd40 can into.  that will lubricate the shaft of the bolt.

What  I did on the drivers side was to take the head off the bolt and drift it through.  You'll find that the bolt will hit the tank so be prepared to cut it when its half way out so you have more clearance.

The passenger side .... that was fun!  I ended up cutting the step off with my angle grinder than cutting the remaining step shaft in half.  Using a power hacksaw, I cut between the towbar strap and the step - this takes some doing.  That got the towbar free.  Then I used brute force and ignorance to wiggle the two halves of the step shaft off which left the two stubs of the bolt poking through the tube.  A pair of mole grips either end and plenty of lube were used to introduce some movement into the shaft of the bolt which eventually pulled free.

Not my idea of a nice evening but the jobs done ..... but I no longer have a rear step!

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