rear bumper felt lonely

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When I did mine last week (outside, in -20 c, in a 2 foot snowbank, but that's another story... ) I didn't realize it was a bushing that the bolt threads into and requires removal of the lower skidplate and a back up wrench on the bushing.
I used a floor jack to lift up on the 3/4" drive to break it loose initially...

Other than that the only other confusion was where to mount the shock reservoir brackets. Drilled the frame in between the body mount reinforcement and bent the fox brackets appropriately.

Finished product !

 

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Really you had to use a wrench on the back side? That's odd I never had to.

Yep, the nut/bushing just spun otherwise.
Tolerances on the rubber bushing were probably looser on mine than yours, due to the cold and the fact that I've got 126,000kms of mostly offroad on it now.
Noticed I need a new steering rack now too...
 
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definitely easier to get the bottom bolts out when you put a wrench on the bushing on the backside. Still struggling with one, but almost there.
 
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Finished it up. Here are a couple of pictures of the wrench on the rear bushing supported by a jack so I could break the bolt loose from the front. They are TIGHT.

I have a baja designs onyx up top and a visionX amber below.

I'll take a better picture tomorrow during the day.

Thanks, Corey and RPG and everyone else for the advice.
 

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