Body Mount Bushing!!!

[taymonxuytuyet]

98XJ 7" lift 33" BFG MT's, etc.

I did a terrible thing today (and probably will do more in the future!), I tried to unbolt the bolt on the rear body mount bushing on my jeep (driver side) I did not use the cheater bar, just regular 1/2" ratchet and the cap of the bolt broke. Just came off like you un-screw a nut. After that I freak out and tried to jack the body up so I could retrieve the bushing betwwen the body and the frame so I could do something to get the rest of the bolt out. Somehow, the whole thing is still attached (Frame+bushing+body) I could not even get the metal sleeve out.
Is there any way I could do to get the whole thing out (bushing, sleeve, washer...) so I can replace it?
Thank you for any help and suggestion,
Quang.

BTW, my jeep only has 25K on it, and has only seen one winter.

 

[Snitty]

Need inside window(manual) handle '88 Pioneer

i once tried to get a body mount apart... i broke a bolt as well.. i just left it... so i am really no help here... but i can say to try cutting the bolt off above the bushing with a recip saw... to free the bolt from the bushing

 

[taymonxuytuyet]

Snitty,
Did you have any problem with it later on?
I just afraid that some mishap gonna happen to me while I am driving at high speed.... My botl is still hidden inside the metal sleeve, and I can't even pull the sleeve out. And I really don't like the idea of driving down the raod and the bushing fall off the jeep. My friend suggest that he could MIG weld the top washer to the body and put another underneath the bushing and weld that washer to the frame.
What do you think?

 

[jps4jeep]

If I was in your position, I would two two things.
1 use some PB blaster on that sucker for a couple days let sit, then I would use a torch and heat burn off the bushing/ heat up the bolt, and then use vice grips and try to back the bolt out. If this is not working
2. I would cut the bolt off as close to the body as possible, drill out the center as much as possible to the point where no bolt is left, and re-tap (re-thread) the hole. I am assuming you were installing a body lift so new bolts will be included. but you might want to go to the hardware store and got up one size and to metric and tap the same!

 

[Snitty]

it was not my jeep i did it on... i did it on a friend's... that's the best way to test any new project out... he drives hundreds of miles on it all the time on the highway, he doesn't even know anything it different....

as for the pb blaster... don't just spray it on the nut, and the bushing... there are holes in the body that you can get a straw up into to get it up above as well