Tool for Rear Shocks

[Dyno247365]

Originally Posted by Savage Messiah

What he said... it's the bolt going thru it, perpendicular to the shock...

I'll try it but the problem is that nut is so thin, it's actually too thin for vice grips. I'll try vice grips tomorrow morning.

[Mr. Luos]

Air tools

[balls_to_the_wall]

Originally Posted by Mr. Luos

Air tools

Are God Sent.

[Mr. Luos]

The same problem happened to a friend and I when we where changing out his shocks. Air tools got it.

[wrightz28]

Originally Posted by Quicksilver_28

I'll try it but the problem is that nut is so thin, it's actually too thin for vice grips. I'll try vice grips tomorrow morning.

Not the "nut" grab the bolt itself (the side facing the front of the car real tight with the grips (so damn tight it takes both hands to lock the grips, then back the real nut off that is facing twoard the rear.

That "nut" your looking at is a piece of the shock, not a mounting nut. Thos shocks are designed for cars like the Caprice as well where the shocks cross over the axles (one mounts facing forward, one rearward, so it is in a sense a universal shock, mounts either way.

[Dyno247365]

Originally Posted by wrightz28

Not the "nut" grab the bolt itself (the side facing the front of the car real tight with the grips (so damn tight it takes both hands to lock the grips, then back the real nut off that is facing twoard the rear.

That "nut" your looking at is a piece of the shock, not a mounting nut. Thos shocks are designed for cars like the Caprice as well where the shocks cross over the axles (one mounts facing forward, one rearward, so it is in a sense a universal shock, mounts either way.

GENIUS!!!!!!!!! i hope this works

air tools..trying to save money right now..

[wrightz28]

Cool, now we're all on the same page,

um, you do have the spring secured right?

[Dyno247365]

I have the body secured on jack stands as we discussed in another thread(they may have to be repositioned lol) and the rear end is held up by a hydr. jack.

I'm not surprised, the vice grips didn't work, all I heard was rubber, I even held the grips in place with a ramp lol (just me out there) and it seemed to be slightly working, than it just popped off of the threads.

So, since I WANT to work hastely on this car because there's still so much to do, I'm considering either a compressor and air tools or take it off the same way I did my 'spinning lug nuts' a while back on the forums, drill through the nut, destroying the bolt from the inside with a carbide drill bit. What do you think? Air tools or drill?

[wrightz28]

Air tools are nice to have around, a impact gun might just be what the doctor ordered. But I don't see why trying at it again with grips and a breaker bar on the nut wouldn't work i try and just get the grips to brace against a non-damageable body part (subframe or axle) to stop them from turning.

[Dyno247365]

Originally Posted by wrightz28

Air tools are nice to have around, a impact gun might just be what the doctor ordered. But I don't see why trying at it again with grips and a breaker bar on the nut wouldn't work i try and just get the grips to brace against a non-damageable body part (subframe or axle) to stop them from turning.

well the breaker is the only way i can turn it now and the rubber turns with it. *CORRECTION you're right and I'm wrong, I was holding it with the vice grips loosely, I tightened it the best I could and leaned it against the control arm and it works! Now let's see If I can get this nut off finally

[balls_to_the_wall]

If all else fails, pull out the Oxygen wrench... hehe

[Dyno247365]

Originally Posted by balls_to_the_wall

If all else fails, pull out the Oxygen wrench... hehe

I got the shock off, now I need to get the other one off, hoping I don't have half as much trouble with that one.

[wrightz28]

Cool