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[NLXTACY]

Take it to a shop! Wits end garage in west hills!

Oh jeez. And by garage it's literally my jam packed 2-car garage that I can't get anything done in.

 

[ewillis]

Take it to a shop! Wits end garage in west hills!

Oh no...this M-Fer will come off with my own two hands! My timetable got jacked though. Gonna be a week or so, but the OME will meet its maker soon enough!

 

[jtwopark]

Joey and dr. Gil makes house calls!

 

[NLXTACY]

Joey and dr. Gil makes house calls!

Ha! Er no!

 

[Qball]

Oh no...this M-Fer will come off with my own two hands! My timetable got jacked though. Gonna be a week or so, but the OME will meet its maker soon enough!

You can come over and we can at least get some entertainment out of it.....just saying.

 

[96Cruiser]

I used the method on Slee's site........put a box end on the nut and rotate to wedge against something, then use a pipe wrench on the upper shock body, since I wasn't reusing, it worked like a charm.

 

[Summiteer]

I've always had good luck with an impact on that one... zips right off

 

[Pin_Head]

I always use an impact too and when they work, it is great. When they don't, they just spin the top of the shock really fast. It doesn't matter what kind of wrench you use, but sometimes you need a way to keep the shaft from spinning.

 

[96Cruiser]

impact works if you got that shorty universal, otherwise that's a tight spot

 

[jbatx]

Maybe someone already suggested this... I like a big pipe wrench on the old shock body and and impact on the top... easy sauce.

 

[Qball]

PIPE WRENCH!!!!!!!!!

 

[LINUS]

Impact gun & done.

If not available, a pipe wrench with the jaw behind the shock body makes it bite when unscrewing nut.

Or drive to Joey's with a quality 6-er.

 

[retrofive]

So 3 pages now. Wonder if any of these methods worked?

 

[thatcabledude]

I'm still trying to figure out why he called it a nipple...

 

[NLXTACY]

You guys are all seriously overthinking a really simple problem. I have the same two little strips of aluminum I've used I can't tell you how many times.

Stick in your shaft of choice

 

[jbatx]

You guys are all seriously overthinking a really simple problem. I have the same two little strips of aluminum I've used I can't tell you how many times.

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Cool idea. I'll store that away for next time

 

[ewillis]

So 3 pages now. Wonder if any of these methods worked?

For the next guy coming down the road with no impact wrench or extra set of hands...pipe wrench Yo! Wedge it between the tire and spring.

I'm still trying to figure out why he called it a nipple...

Don't over think it brah...

 

[thatcabledude]

Damn, you drilled it too!

 

[ewillis]

Damn, you drilled it too!

Yeah...I drilled it and jammed a screwdriver in it. That worked for the bottom nut, but not the top...summa bitch was on there! Pipe wrench would have worked for both. Might be time to invest in an impact gun like others suggested.

 

[jbatx]

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