this could only happen to me

[kj31067]

proguard question....
i cant get the two forward nuts off as the bolts[?] they are attached to are spinning and i cant get anything in there to hold them. i am not even sure they have anything to grab as i bent an old wrench you get to put cheap wooden furniture together and i could nt feel anything. my first thought was to pry down and try to snap bolt as it is small , but i dont want to bend or screw up tabs on trunk. maybe a cutoff wheel , but i dont have a big compressor or a wheel and sparks in this area dont do big numbers for me!! any ideas? any help would be appreciated...........keith

[stryker]

¿ What the hell is that part ? sorry be more specific Mang.


STRYKER.

[kj31067]

¿ What the hell is that part ? sorry be more specific Mang.


STRYKER.


its one of the two forward mounting points for the proguard....mang

[jstevens]

The bolt acts like a carriage bolt. Make sure it is seated.

[stryker]

Ok Mang but ¿ What is that proguard ?


STRYKER.

[kj31067]

The bolt acts like a carriage bolt. Make sure it is seated.



i tried prying down between black housing for evap hoses and trunk hoping something would catch....nada......... i gave it about 30 minutes of this and that and prying and ratcheting and nothing...
i m pretty sure it is not a carriage bolt.....something would have caught...........thanks though

[kj31067]

i think i can pry it apart enough to finesse the sawzall in. i might be in like flint.......or in this case charcoal

[jgc61sr2002]

Ok Mang but ¿ What is that proguard ?


STRYKER.



Helps support the rear bumper and streamlines the air flow under the rear end.
Actually it's under the trunk compartment.
The are sold by Dennis Reinhart a supporting vendor of this site.

[baltimoremm]

i used a dremmel tool on mine, worked well, and didnt make too many sparks. mine were both rusted and i wouldve never gotten them off by hand.

[fastblackmerc]

Usea Dremmel tool if you have one... if not a hacksaw or nut cracker.... No not that kind :D

[Smokie]

Why don't you remove the bolts at the front of the cannister and slide the whole thing out of the slots.

[kj31067]

Why don't you remove the bolts at the front of the cannister and slide the whole thing out of the slots.



good idea ......thanks:)

[kj31067]

i used a dremmel tool on mine, worked well, and didnt make too many sparks. mine were both rusted and i wouldve never gotten them off by hand.



thanks.....

[kj31067]

Usea Dremmel tool if you have one... if not a hacksaw or nut cracker.... No not that kind :D


this is a good excuse to get a dremel:)

[RF Overlord]

keith, apparently you're NOT the only one it happened to...

and yes, it happened to me, too...I just removed the whole evap. unit and cut the old bolts off...and put a little anti-seize on the new ones.

[kj31067]

keith, apparently you're NOT the only one it happened to...

and yes, it happened to me, too...I just removed the whole evap. unit and cut the old bolts off...and put a little anti-seize on the new ones.


did your evap have 3 big rivets holding it in the front? i think i m gonna do the dremel thing on the back two on evap. no sense in cutting
4 when cutting two will do.... thanks to all for input......i m gonna wait til heat wave subsides .........but then again........

[rocknrod]

http://www.allproducts.com/usa/rivetking/p20.jpg
It's called a carriage bolt.

[kj31067]

last i knew carriage bolts didnt have small holes in them exactly in the center......none of the ones in my bucket o bolts in the garage do!! apparently i am going to have to stick my big noggin even higher up in there........