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from the guy who just spent 2 hours on that job... 200 1987

posted by  someone claiming to be Zee on  Tue Jul 31 18:51 CST 2001 [RELATED]

Soak the spacer tube between the shock bottom and the inners side of the trailing arm. If this guy is rusted, it will bind the long bolt and you can beat init all day without getting it out.

The solution is to rotate that spacer tube to where you can see the slit along the side. Hold a box wrench on the head of the bolt, wedgeing the tool against the axle. Then tap a screwdriver of chisel tip into the tube's seam to spread it open enough to allow fee movement (yeah, right!) of the bolt.

Test for movement, be lightly clamping and holding the tube using a slip joint pliers while turning the bolt head. Work things bach and forth to grind up the rust. Then, maybe, the bolt will tap out.

I generally need s long, thin drift of come sort to knock out this bolt, rusted in place or not.

Try to remove the top shock moount first to eliminate the vertical force on the lower bolt-shcok-spacer assembly.

My trick for hand tooling off those 19 and 17mm bolts is (don't try this at home, folks!).....I slip the box wrench over the bolt and bang on the other end with a hammer.

Totally unsafe, but it works.





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