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Rear shock mounts Help

Old Sep 5, 2010 | 02:19 PM
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Default Rear shock mounts Help

Hi, just removed my rear shocks from my 97 xj. Easy enough until both top bolts snapped off. Now what can I do??? Any help would be great. This forum is really good lots of nice *** rigs. Thanks
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Old Sep 5, 2010 | 02:51 PM
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There are lots of threads on this if you do a quick search, because it's such a common problem. But the jest of it is you can do one of following:

1. Drill out the old bolts and tap new threads in. (this is what I did on three of four)
2. Knock the welded nuts out with a punch and fish nuts in to replace them. (I did this on one)
3. Knock the welded nuts out with a punch and access the area from the top by cutting through the floor to make using nuts easier. (to me this would be a last resort)

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