I'm about to give up...




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Yeah, they are pretty tough. I've helped install a couple lifts where these had to be removed (AEV?) and have left getting them off to the guys with the big muscles. They used Vice-Grips and screwdrivers to pry them open. And usually it took two big guys working together.

 

I used a cutoff wheel to removed them...less metal to bend, or just use a dremel

 

I've tried scoring the metal with a dremel, which you can kind of see the line there. I'm just too scared I'm going to hit the brake line


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just did a set for my buddy on Friday so still fresh in my mind. you need two pair of channel locks (not vise grips) use the spring perch or in your case the spring itself to hold the bracket steady by holding the flat part of the bracket against and then reef down on the curved part with the other channel locks. start on one end and work your way across. it does not take as much muscle as you think just need to know how to use the tools. catch just the edge of the curve and need the channel locks held like this. I am old but maybe it helped that I used to run a jack hammer 8 hours a day.

 

your supposed to vice them at the other end of the bolt on the bracket before you take it out. I learned that one after my lift. I ended up buying the crown lines in the end after the clanking on the coils. I didn't want to chance to destroying the line with out a spare line.

 

I have done 3 sets and my way works. I can see if they were way lifted on a lift that might work but if you are working on jackstands they need to be loose unbolted so you can hold them like my photo. start at one end then the middle and then the other end. takes about a minute.
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Looks like I need to go get another set of channel locks! How bad is it to leave them on "temporarily". Like until this weekend or something. I'll wrap some electrical tape around them to keep from any rattling, and I'll still zip tie them up out of the way.

 

Where were you the other day when I was pulling the PCV valve out of my Jeep?



It took all of that, plus heat!, to get that PCV valve out. And the fellow pictured was the fourth person to give it a go, and he's 6"4" and 275 pounds of muscle. And we still had to add the heat!

 

Looks like you're using the AEV suspension. I've got the same setup. You can leave the brackets on there as I've had mine on there for about 15k miles now with no issues but I'll be replacing with braided lines soon.

Here's a good vid from tereflex showing how to get those bad-boys off though.....33 second mark...just don't pinch the cable

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyJzW38fyjo