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Old 05-30-2018, 09:13 PM
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Graham.

I put a jack under my 1/2" ratchet on the fill plug and pumped up. Amazingly the rear began to lift a few inches off of the ground! Then it broke the bolt loose.

My breaker bar was too long, and so was my flex head 1/2" ratchet, so in the end my "worthless" stubby 1/2" ratchet got the job done.

It's the short one sold at AutoZone.
I have an assortment of ratchets and breaker bars. Using car's weight might be worth trying!!
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