Strut rod replacement - How do you remove the shock mounts?
Melting Slicks
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 2,008
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From: Space Coast Gator Territory
I just removed them from my 79 yesterday and used many of the techniques mentioned in this thread, but just found it. After removing my TA's for a rebuild, I turned the castillated nut backwards and heated the ears cherry with the torch. By the time I got to wacking them with a 3 pound hammer they had just lost the red. A couple hammer wacks opened a gap between the bearing support ear and shock side. This was just enough for a pickle fork to take it out all the way with a little leverage. After it came out without any damage, I found the shock stud had been rust corroded. Looks like for under $50 I will start fresh. The same thing was done on my 69. There was much smoke from the rubber strut rod grommets burning, so a box fan helped clear the garage and no one called the fire dept. Doing this without a torch and not destroying the shock mounts in the process would require divine intervention IMO.
Pro
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 627
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From: Naperville IL
I tried pounding on them too, but got to the point where I was worried about breaking the ears off the spindle suppport. The gear puller trick is the way to go IMO, no pounding and way less risk of breaking anything. I did mine out of the car, but it should work in the car just as well.
