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Originally Posted by fxeditor
Hi All,
I have been trying to get the rear lower shock bolts off my car for the better part of the day and I am out of ideas! I've tried PB Blast (applied last night), impact wrench, big a$$ breaker bar, and even using a jack to press up on a flare-nut wrench! The only thing that all this has accomplished is starting to round off one of the corners of the bolt! I haven't tried heat yet because I don't have a propane torch but I think I might pop down to Home Depot and pick one up. The other thing I was going to try was to get a higher end impact gun. Can anyone else think of something to try?
Thanks for any advice you can give,
Michael |
I feel your pain. You really need to preserve the hex on the end of that bolt. Given the state of the bolt head at this point, I would make sure I had a good 6 point impact socket and go at it with an impact wrench. Even if you have to buy the tools, it's the best way to go. Once the head of that bolt it toast you are in a
world of hurt and you'll be wishing you'd spent the $200 or whatever.
I hate to bring it up at this point, but PB Blaster and other penetrating oils work on the threads. You should have been shooting it at the joint between the shock and the casting that the bolt threads into. Not that it would have done you much good...