I was taking the bolt from the top of the bell housing on a 2.6
Tried to do it from under the truck, but my air wrench would not budge it.
Finally took the hood off the truck. Put a 14mm box end on it. Put a three foot piece of pipe against the end of the wrench, and hit it with a BFH.
I have removed quite a few of these before, But this one was one tough piece of $#!%.
Once it broke loose I was able to remove it with my fingers.

Some bolts think there tuff, that's why you have to have a BFH and now how to use it <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/mrt.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/mrt.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/mrt.gif" alt="" /> Not my first choice but sometimes that's what it takes.

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I had to turn one of those large 16mm bolts on my trailing arm using my heaviest wrench, a large length of chain, and a Ford Excursion in reverse. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

One of those uh-oh/lucky stories: good thing I forgot to remove the parking brake cables because they were the only things keeping the rear axle in place and the rest of the truck from falling on my person during the proceedure. It only takes one instance to learn you or bury you!

My 3 foot persuader bar comes in handy more often than I'd like it to <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shiner.gif" alt="" /> The 1 foot bar is almost guaranteed use if the bolt has never been previously removed.

...and 16 snapped bolts due to rust when I redid the front end. Just soak your rig in some good ol Midwest salt/slush for a few winters and you'll get used to it. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shiner.gif" alt="" />

Our ex-neighbor met his end that way...underneath a Ford Festiva. Wasn't pretty.

Holy drill bits Batman! Were using any heat on them first?

Dave.... You must be referring to Sam McMahan.
He was a hell of a nice guy. I Worked with him for 18 years.

I was helping my Dad remove the interior of his Roadster the other day, and there were some REALLY difficult screws to remove...they were BIG phillips head screws...I left for a minute to go get some PB Blaster, and when I returned, I saw my Dad had found a much "quicker" method...he had his brick hammer, and a block chisel...lmao...he was just poppin' the tops of them to get the pieces of trim off...I said "How you think you're gonna reattach that trim if you snap all screws off man?" He just said "Hell with it, I'm just gonna stick the new carpet in and forget about it". Can you guys sort of see why I'm soooo mechanically challenged?

Sam was our neighbor. He lived right accross the street. Really a nice guy. He had just gotten engaged. We were on our way to the Meeker Sheepdog Trials, early in the a.m. I saw lights on in the house and the garage, around four-thirty a.m., but we did not check, as he had a fishing boat in the front yard and thought he was getting ready to go fishing. We found out when we got home. Mr Foreman told us. He also worked at the railroad, so you may know him. His fiancee found him. I mentally beat myself up over that one, but they say he died instantly, so I could not have helped. He had a big black cat name 3B that used to come visit. They found him sitting by Sam. Life is so strange. Never know when something will happen. I am still paranoid when David has to get under a vehicle, and he is going to work on getting my starter in today.

Linda