Is there any tricks for getting these old front shocks out?????

[mayberryterror]

I just got done cuting half a coil to bring me down to 5" up front. Everything is buttoned back up except for them stupid @$$ shocks! I got the bottom 2 bolts off the lower control arm but the top bolts are stuck like chuck! I believe they are the stock shocks and that top stud is rusted bad. And no i have never left the driveway with this truck having the stock shocks up front. I got a new set that i need to get in there before i start flinging wrenches and scaring my neighbors lol. Please help, thanks in advance.

 

[95C1500]

10' cheater bar?

 

[SkyHighColorado]

You need to hit them with a map gas blow torch and a 1/2 in drive air impact. Heat is the key in my experience with stuck bolts. Penetrating oil doesn't do $hit

 

[mayberryterror]

Hmmmm i didnt think of heating it up. And yeah i used a ton of PB blaster and it did no good! Having to hold it with a pair of locking pliers and loosen that bolt is a joke. The passenger side is in a bad spot!!!!!!!!! I may have to take a cut off wheel to it if the heat dont do the trick.

 

[SkyHighColorado]

I agree if I can get a cutting wheel to it I would do that and go get another nut and bolt. Its not worth the frustration of dealing with a biznatch bolt...

 

[slippy3002]

Snap the bolts and replace them. That is what I did.

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[volunteerff21]

Break 'em, heat 'em, or cut 'em. Whatever it takes. Once they're that rusted there's no point in trying to save anything.

 

[slippy3002]

Break 'em, heat 'em, or cut 'em. Whatever it takes. Once they're that rusted there's no point in trying to save anything.

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