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Looks good to me. A little rusty, but that is normal. Is it separating at any point (hard to tell from picture)? Those are welding on and do break off sometimes. If that happens, you can weld it back on or cut it off, drill a hole, and replace it with a similar sized bolt, high grade. There are threads about it.
When I replaced my rear shocks, I had a tough time pulling out the bottom eyelet from one side. I later realized I had not lined up the axle correctly (with a floor jack while the rear frame rests on jack stands) to release the tension on the eyelet to allow it to slide off easily. The other was effortless once I lined it up correctly.
Last edited by OldTires; Apr 12, 2017 at 02:11 PM.
Looks good to me. A little rusty, but that is normal. Is it separating at any point (hard to tell from picture)? Those are welding on and do break off sometimes. If that happens, you can weld it back on or cut it off, drill a hole, and replace it with a similar sized bolt, high grade. There are threads about it.
When I replaced my rear shocks, I had a tough time pulling out the bottom eyelet from one side. I later realized I had not lined up the axle correctly (with a floor jack while the rear frame rests on jack stands) to release the tension on the eyelet to allow it to slide off easily. The other was effortless once I lined it up correctly.
Is this a problem?
