Tool for Rear Shocks

[Dyno247365]

I know someone's going to laugh at me, but i'm taking off KYB-GR2s for some gabriel ultras. The gr2s are old, I just want new shocks on there, and they're black!!! Either way, to change out the stock coil springs to eibach pros I have to remove the shocks.

There's a REALLY BIG fixed nut on their and it's shaped weird, it's another one of those double sided nut/bolt combinations, one has to be held while the other is loosened with a socket wrench and taken off. Is there a special KYB tool or a really thin and big wrench for this because the shock bolt that comes with the gabriel ultras is a LOT thinner. So my question is, what tool do I use to take off the gr2s??

[Savage Messiah]

If you're just throwing them away wheres your sawzall???

[Dyno247365]

Originally Posted by Savage Messiah

If you're just throwing them away wheres your sawzall???

not...funny

[wrightz28]

some shocks can be deceiving and one side stays put. Either way, there should be enough crud to hold it nayway. Special tool: no, jsut not one of standard variety. Right now a map torch is a really good friend to have. Oh, and if the springsw werent involvoed, he is right, sawzalls are nice.

[Dyno247365]

Originally Posted by wrightz28

some shocks can be deceiving and one side stays put. Either way, there should be enough crud to hold it nayway. Special tool: no, jsut not one of standard variety. Right now a map torch is a really good friend to have. Oh, and if the springsw werent involvoed, he is right, sawzalls are nice.

I have no intention of cutting it off, and I already used wd-40, I know it's not turning because I hear the rubber moving. I just want to know what wrench I should use. this is the first time I ever saw a nut like this, it's almost a perfect circle but it has some grooves in it for a really wide wrench, but this nut is so damn thin that a crescent wrench won't even fit.

[wrightz28]

So this on the top mount we're talking about?

[wrightz28]

oh, and front or rear?

[Dyno247365]

Originally Posted by wrightz28

oh, and front or rear?

bottom part of the rear shocks on a third gen. I really need a signature now

[wrightz28]

Okay, that's what I was figuring based on your other post. Should just be only one big bolt and a nut on the backside of the bracket (facing the rear) the nut s.b what's tunred if I'm thinking right. And with a map torch, you're only heating it up, not cutting it. And it will make things easier, only bad part is your' kinda close to the thank to be playing with fire.

[Dyno247365]

My question really wasn't answered, all I want to know is what kind of wrench i'm supposed to use to hold the inner nut in place.

[wrightz28]

Alot of shocks run a M14.0 x2 nut whick equates to a 21 or 23mm I think.

Sorry, your question wasn't rather clear to get a mental image of where you were.

[Savage Messiah]

Shuld be a normal nut and bolt if its anything liek the 4th gens... posible yours is rounded out from someone attempting to remove it???

[Dyno247365]

I took pictures of the shock, check my gallery
(sorry but I get an error everytime I try to copy the picture's links.)

NEways, that gold ring looking part is the nut, looks like it was designed that way, not really rounded out. I could always be wrong.

[wrightz28]

in the "shock2" pic, the nut right there in the bracket on the axle is the one you want to take out. If the other side starts turning, vice grip it.

[Savage Messiah]

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