HEY DAVE , I THINK JIM IS RIGHT ON THE REMOVEL OF THOSE PIVOT BOLTS YOU HAVE A RUSTED UP SETUP AND IT WILL TAKE SOME HEAT AND POUNDING TO GET EMM LOOSE , THEY CAN BE A BEAR , THEY SHOULD HAVE LEFT THE BOLT ON TBAR BRACKETS ON THE VEH ESP THE ONES IN THE SNOW AND SALT COUNTRY JERRY