When installing the new bolts , use never sieze on the threads to enable future removal , if necessary , don't skip this step either.
Don't do this ^^^^^^
do as the instructions say and use lock tight :!:
The last thing u want is a body mounting bolt coming loose
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Suit yourself , The body was removed from the frame on my 88 three years ago , all of the bolts were difficult to remove but they all came out without incident . I have heard horror stories about removal of these bolts and the difficulty in doing a proper repair ( usually a butcher job )
When I replaced all of those bolts with new hardware and body mounts , I used never sieze , purely to ease future removal , I've checked them twice since and have not found any to be loose. Now I could go and look in one of my several factory service manuals , about the use of loctite , but I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say there is probably no mention of loctite on body mount bolts , I could be wrong but from memory there is little detail in the chapter which covers body mounts n' such I just dont believe it's necessary to use loctite here , there is normally enough rust and corrosion under there to keep these bolts in place. I'm also a firm believer in the use of torque wrenches , where many , seem to think they have a "feel" for it an don't often reach for a torque wrench .
Loctite has it's place, as does neversieze , knowing where to apply either product is mainly based on the recomendation of factory engineers or the experience of the technician doing the work. Few people think of using neversieze , even after going through the grief of stubborn fastener removal.
Any one ever fought with or broke off a skid plate bolt ? , this is another place where I'd recommend the use of anti galling / anti siezing products.
Oh , all of this is coming from a guy who has been a tradesman since the mid seventies , has three trades , has been hand building ground up vehicles for over thirty years.
I'm replacing the Daystar urethane body mount kit I installed in 2004 on my 88 YJ with a + 1" Daystar body mount kit very soon. I'm not expecting to have any difficulty removing any of the bolts ( I neverseized them ) , those mounts are going in my 94 YJ to replace the rotting originals. The bolts that are in the 94 ? I'll probably have to use a fine balance of care and brute force to get those suckers out.
Will I be using loctite on any of the bolts ? , nope , never have , never will.
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