Hi Peter, If you're sure you're not going to reuse the shock, use a pipe wrench on the polished shaft near the top, just below the bump stop. The great thing about a pipe wrench is the more it rotates, the tighter it grabs. Carefully rotate with a wrench on the top nut in a loosening direction until the pipe wrench handle is against the chassis, then apply more force. Gregory Smith '88 Vanagon GL Smith Design Studio Small Building Company Olympia, WA 360-239-0429 gregoryfsmith.com Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 14:57:52 -0600 From: Peter Lapp <carrothospital@GOOGLEMAIL.COM> Subject: Re: Shocks again Thanks everyone for the replies. Whatever kind is in there(from the PO), it has the flat end tip, with no hexslot. I put the vice grips on the end of the rod where it has the flat ends and tried to hold it while turning a wrench on the nut. I think I eventually started stripping away that top part with the vice grips. As far as I can tell, there's not enough space to use an impact driver in there, but maybe a nut splitter will get the job done. I'll try out some of the advice and see what happens. Thanks! |
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