Tom, Try soaking those bolts with PB B'Laster before standing on the ratchet. That will loosen up the rust and you wont be breaking them. Dan Nees cookiedan@domain.elided The "Good" 1979 Scout II 345/auto The "Bad" 1971 Scout II 304/T-18 And the "Ugly" 1979 Scout II 345/auto http://members.tripod.com/~IHCaholic/scoutindex.html