Stuck crossmember bolt

[MGBGT_noob]

Removing the front suspension crossmember from my car, I got three of the bolts out okay, but the fourth, the one nearest the exhaust manifold, refuses to come out of the hole.

I tried a BFH, soaking it with break-free, and an air chisel. Nothing can budge the bolt.

Has anyone run into this issue before?

Does anyone have a good suggestion on getting one of these things out?

 

[tony barnhill]

Oh, yeah....been there, done that! Don't bugger that thing up either....

My suggestion is to take the nut off that stud from underneath & see if the beam will drop out....you don't want the stud stuck in the car's frame rail if you can help it...

I had one stuck so badly once that I had to drill it out of the car's frame rail & reinstall the pipe through which the stud goes in that frame rail!!

 

[MGBGT_noob]

I did get the crossmember off by un-doing the bottom nut, but I may have "knackered" the top threads, in my "enthusiastic" attempts to get it out.

 

[vping]

I've got a box of 'em if you need one. IIRC that was the only way I was able to take them off as well.

 

[MGBGT_noob]

IIRC that was the only way I was able to take them off as well.

What was?

Extreme Violence?