Anyone have a good way for bending torque box mounts back open?

[cjmatt]

My upper control arm mounting points are a little too snug to get the Team Z heim joint and bushings in, and I dont want to grind them down if I dont have to. I assume theyve just been tightened up a few times and narrowed a tad. I need to make myself about 1/16-1/8" of room. Anyone got a safe way to do so? Im always extra careful around these things because I dont want to mess them up

 

[webleedorange619]

My upper control arm mounting points are a little too snug to get the Team Z heim joint and bushings in, and I dont want to grind them down if I dont have to. I assume theyve just been tightened up a few times and narrowed a tad. I need to make myself about 1/16-1/8" of room. Anyone got a safe way to do so? Im always extra careful around these things because I dont want to mess them up

Pry bar... mine were a little to loose so I shimmed em with a washer.

 

[soap]

Use a brass drift through each side of the bolt hole and hammer them out from each side.

Ross you should have just tightened them down hard, it would have pulled each side in so you can eliminate the washer.

--Joe

 

[webleedorange619]

Use a brass drift through each side of the bolt hole and hammer them out from each side.

Ross you should have just tightened them down hard, it would have pulled each side in so you can eliminate the washer.

--Joe

Yeah I wanted to avoid doing that.

 

[outlawdan]

block of wood and a pry bar?