Rear Shock Upper Bolt
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Rear Shock Upper Bolt
This is on my 160k, 85 Z51. The shocks appear to me to be oem. The upper bolt on the rear shocks are what I would describe as "rust welded" to the sleeve they go into. I tried an air hammer to drive it out but no go. A saws all with a Milwaukee "Torch" 18 tpi didn't touch it. I spoke to 2 exhaust shops and a repair shop. They didn't want to attempt using heat. Heat is the best solution I see. Not doing it in my drive. I'm going to speak with a couple of other shops. I have one more attempt to try. Using a 3 or 4 inch cutoff tool. Shocks are still mounted so car isn't disabled. What solutions have or can you come up with?
TIA,
Joe K
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Joe K
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Checking basics, do you have the rear arm jacked up just-so to relieve tension on the shock? Is the leaf spring dismounted from the arm?
My upper shock bolt wasn't rusted, but it took a bit of adjustment on the arm jack to get it to come out and still had to use a ratchet to get it out via its threads at times. I usually disconnect the spring as that's a lot of scary force on the arm.
My upper shock bolt wasn't rusted, but it took a bit of adjustment on the arm jack to get it to come out and still had to use a ratchet to get it out via its threads at times. I usually disconnect the spring as that's a lot of scary force on the arm.
