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  1. 22nd October 2011, 04:13 PM #1
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    Rear Shock Removal

    Hi All,
    LWB 61 Series 2 Ute.
    Trying to remove the rear shocks - have new replacement ones, but having a devil of a time removing the old ones.
    The car is on axle stands - the stocks are not under load. Wheels are off.
    I removed the top nut/bolt - tight but got it off.
    Can't budge the bottom nut. Any suggestions?
    I have sprayed it with wd40 - but it's locked on tight.
    I thought about putting the top bolt/nut back in - because the shock is twisting when I try to undo the bottom nut.
    I thought about using a grinder/cutting disc and cutting the actual shock - at the lowest point of the shock, on top of the bracket that the shock sits in.
    Thoughts? Ideas?
    As always - any advice is greatly appreciated.
    Thanks,
    The Grey Ghost
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  2. 22nd October 2011, 04:58 PM #2
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    Pipe clamp, stilsens or big set of multigrips. Either way the shock is going so it doesn't matter. If you can get a hacksaw in behind the mount, that should work. Further up the shock ( as in where a grinder can get at ) might be messy. I last saw these at Supercheap $20.
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  3. 24th October 2011, 05:28 PM #3
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    I removed rusty old shocks recently and had the same problem. I cut the nuts with an angle grinder and tidied the thread with a wire brush on the grinder. New nylocks and all OK.
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