Which is the Hardest Bolt or Nut to remove from the Deuce?

[overlordofmars]

You forgot the worst nut to remove, the one behind the steering wheel who owns the truck. Its like an addiction once your attached you never can let loose.

 

[OD_Coyote]

The plug you remove to lube the airpack...I usually end up lubing the airpack by removing the "J" pipe.

 

[m16ty]

Deuce PTO gearbox to tranny mounting nuts, it was a whole lot easier with the tranny out of the truck. I could never imagine doing this with the tranny still on the truck.

I've put several PTOs on with the trans in the truck. It is tight. What's impossible to do is check the gear mesh as shown in the TM with the trans in the truck. I just do it by feel because there's no way to get a dial indicator between the PTO and the truck frame.

 

[steelandcanvas]

I've put several PTOs on with the trans in the truck. It is tight. What's impossible to do is check the gear mesh as shown in the TM with the trans in the truck. I just do it by feel because there's no way to get a dial indicator between the PTO and the truck frame.

Ty, You must have some awesome dexterity in your fingers! I could probably do the bottom nuts, but the top ones, well that would be a different story. Not a whole lot of room for a wrench, let alone a dial indicator.

 

[jollyroger]

Bolt on top of the primary fuel filter that holds the canister to the filter housing........While you are 14 miles back at hunting camp........So you don't leak all of your fuel out on the way home.......And fuel is dripping down your arm into your armpit.........

 

[goldneagle]

OTHER: Gimpyrob

 

[WillWagner]

Front cab mount bolts.

, Them there are a real PITA!

 

[m16ty]

Ty, You must have some awesome dexterity in your fingers! I could probably do the bottom nuts, but the top ones, well that would be a different story. Not a whole lot of room for a wrench, let alone a dial indicator.

Yea, what's really fun is doing it two or three times trying to get the correct number of gaskets between the PTO and the trans.

 

[roger-wilco-66]

I have a destroyed filler plug on my front axle that has yet to be conquered. Someone, not me!, tried to chisel it loose, but obviously, it didn't move. Now it looks like a gremlin has gnawed on it.
The only way I can think of to master that extraction is to quickly weld a square end on it and hope it brakes free (and no fire is started).

Oh well...

 

[dabtl]

Steering box bolt. No big deal after you lift the motor.

No question about it. Others may be hard to access but this one requires lifting the front of the motor about an inch or so just to make the last couple of turns.

You go crazy for hours, look at the TM's and read NickD's article in the MV mag trying to figure it out. The TM wants the motor moved to the side after loosening/removing ever imaginable bolt. NickD got luck with the positioning of the engine in his M35. Not all M35s are the same however.

Finally, you remove the front motor mount bolts, loosen the rear motor mount bolts and use a crane to lift the front of the engine. It all seems so simple once you figure it out.

However, I bet I spent two weeks cussing and trying every other alternative.

 

[Stretch44875]

Steering box wasn't too bad for me, did it at a rally last year. But knew I had to jack the engine up first. Think I took the bolt loose to the radiator, then front mount bolts, then a jack under the front motor plate.

Worst one for me was air piston cylinder nut, on transfer case, while in truck. Not much room there! Had to grind the sides of a socket down, so I could use a wrench on the socket.

Dennis

 

[goldwing2000]

Replacing the defroster duct isn't any fun either.

Just finished doing this. Had to figure out why the left side wasn't putting out any air (40 years of cigarette/cigar butts and a mouse nest).

My back still hurts.

 

[Robo McDuff]

Bolt I don't know, but nut without any doubt the owner