Thread: How hard is it to remove the trailing brackets?

200k on body. Some rust on the brackets and mounts.

Can I use just a ratchet? I have a breaker bar. Do these bolts have a tendency to snap off if they're really rusted? I have some pics that I can upload later.

I'd soak them in some penetrating fluid a few days beforehand. Other than that, when I went to install my new brackets for my GMPP arms they came out without much struggle. Did that with somewhere around 275K on them probably. Breaker bar to get started and just work them back and forth then ratchet to bring em out.

I just loosened all the bracket bolts while the car was on the ground with just a ratchet. They backed out with ease. I didn't even soak them with anything. I snugged them back up really tight.

I don't what year car you have but how many bolts were holding it to the body?

2002. There's 3 bolts on both brackets. 1 in front, 2 on back.

Originally Posted by tom5170

2002. There's 3 bolts on both brackets. 1 in front, 2 on back.

Thanks, my 04 was the same. Just did mine 2 weeks ago

It's also the same exact bracket on my 03 buick century with 3 bolts each.