ozrocket's blue '58 FC sedan "return-to-the-road" project

[ardiesse]

Get the back of the car a long way off the ground, clamp a heavy lump of metal to the inside spring hanger, make use of a sledgehammer, and lay into it good and proper -

http://forum.fefcholden.club/index.php?topic=27433.173 (if the link doesn't work, go to reply 173 in the thread)

If you have an oxy, heat the inside spring hanger until it's cherry red.

Rob

[Errol62]

You can buy new ones if you damage it, but as rob says BFH will get a result. Just crack the nut one revolution and hit the thing hard.


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[Longman]

Grab an oxy or heat gun and apply heat, then bash them out. They are a bugger but will come out eventually.

[mcl1959]

The method I use is along those lines with a big hammer, however, I’ve found that the willingness to swing hard decreases the closer you get to painted surfaces.
The method I use is with a helper. Get helper to hold an old rear axle against the bolt (when using a big hammer, always get helper to do the holding).
Then hit the axle very firmly with sledge hammer. (Helps if you have removed the wheel studs)
Bolts come out easily.

[ardiesse]

Ken's right.  Fortunately the inverse relationship between paint quality and hammer impulse worked to my advantage.

Rob