body removal

[Jim H. Ethington]

I would like to take the body off of my 66 roadster but the body mount bolts with the fixed nuts by the trailing arms all spin loose from some rust. Any good suggestions on how to remove them? Thanks

[William L.]

Re: body removal

Jim, you have to get a wrench on the nuts to break the bolts free. The only way is punch a hole in the glass, fix the frozen bolt and repair the glass. Long Island Corvette Supply sells the captive nuts for replacement. You could also leave it open for future service. My car all ready has the glass cut open for such maintance(bought the car this way)and I'm going to leave it alone. Bill

[Jeff Chester]

Re: body removal, torch

every body, except one, I had to torch the heads off,
find someone good, with a torch and keep a bucket of water by,
don't worry it smokes and sometimes catches fire...and stinks..
good luck...cage nuts are repo. sale.
jc

[Chuck R.]

Re: body mount bolts

Beacuse I'm not familiar with mid years and access points I'll ask.

Is the head of the bolt easily accessable?

If so, I would reccomend a die grinder with a small wheel to grind the head down and off.

After the body is off, you can attack the remaining bolt/nut.

I did this on six of the eight body mount bolts on my 68 and worked very well.

Good luck

Chuck

[Gary P Guttenberg]

Re: body removal

Prior to cutting, grinding or torching, you might try generous applications of Kroil over several days and wedge a srewdriver between the nut and cage. This worked for me when I removed the body off my '66 a couple of years back.