I also have changed shocks on many many vehicles. The nut will twist for just about every shock newbie. There is a space at the top of the bolt/stud to apply a wrench to keep the shaft from turning while you turn the nut. This of course means you cannot use a socket and have to use a box or open end wrench. Only a couple times have I used a nut cracker or other tool on the nut. Once on a jetta I used a vice grips on the shaft and hit the nut with the impact. As for plastic covers, I have rarely run into them unless the shocks were still factory. Was actually surprised to find them on my front vanagon shocks. jimt On 10/2/05 3:14 PM, "Rob" <becida@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > At 10/2/2005 01:50 PM, Raimund Feussner wrote: >> If you want to replace the shock, use the hacksaw. >> Usually, the nut on the shock is covered by a plastic cover, preventing >> it from rusting. But on most of the Vanagons, the cover is missing and >> causes the nut to rust tight. Bad engineering (again)... >> >> Raimund > > When I worked at the front end shop I changed a lot of shocks, the > spinning nut is the usual. I'd guess that mean everyone has this "bad > engineering" problem. > FWIW an impact sometimes did the trick and other times we just cut it. > > > > Rob > becida@comcast.net > > |
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