i was removing my rear shocks and the upper bolts both broke on the left side, i havent moved onto the next side. what can i do so i can bolt my new shocks into the body?

 

1. Drill and tap.
2. Knock out and replace.
When all four of mine broke I drilled and tapped three and knocked out one. In retrospect knocking out the nut was easier and less time consuming and cheaper, I didn't need to buy a tap. Remember an EZ-out will not work, it will break inside the nut. Ask me how I know. Good luck!

 

how long did you have to drill? cus thats what i have been doing on one of them and i just broke a cobalt bit. i need to get this done in less than 3 hours to finish up the rear.

 

take a punch and a hammer and give them a few good wacks....I broke all four of mine and it took me 10 minutes to knock them all out this way and then i just fished new bolts thru

 

sweet!! hopefully i have a punch laying around somewhere or else ill have to use a nail or something lol

 

x2 my dad went through 3 of them and then decided to pull out the grinder..he wouldnt lisson to me for nothing when i told to punch em out

 

good luck man let us know how it works out, just make sure you hit them pretty good and it should break them out of the body

 

lol i got screwed when i put my lift broke them off couldnt tap so i had to weld the head of shock lol works fine

 

Oh my! I just struggled with this exact same thing a few weeks ago and after laying under my Jeep and getting a face full of rust and getting no where trying all the methods people suggested and dreading trying to fish bolts thru that narrow gap between the floors here's what I did. (I'll try and get some photos on my cell if anyone needs to see.)

1) I finished snapping off all the bolts and removed the shocks.
2) Went in the back hatch area and pulled up the carpet and padding.
3) Got back under the Jeep with a drill and drilled a hole up thru the
floor(s) directly between the broken bolt holes to mark their
location.
4) Went back up top and drew a 4"x6" or so square around the drilled
holes.
5) Got my brother to use his electric wiz-wheel, angle grinder
whatever you call it to cut a hole thru the TOP layer of floor,
making sure not to go to deep and hit the secondary layer which
is where the bolt head/nuts are. Removed cut out squares.
6) Took the Sawz-All and a flexible blade and cut the hex nuts that
the shock bolts go thru off flush with the metal flooring.
7) Took a hammer and a punch and drove out the thin layer of
shock bolt left in the hole from above and...VIOLA! Nice clean open
holes to just puts your own nuts and bolts thru to remount the
shocks!

 

this is what i might have to do. nothing else is working. its a pain cus i need my jeep in 2 hours now lol and i have to take off my rear bumper and then the towing package to take off the leaf.

 

ended up getting a angle grinder today after school and then cut a square out were the bolts were located and grinded them off. got the left side off, about to work on the right once my ears stop ringing lol

 

Easy way, cut off what's left of old bolt grind till clean weld a new one on then spray can it to prevent rust

 

I just went through this too, all 4 broke on mine. I drilled them out using a fresh 1/8 bit on each one, then I stepped it up until they were out. I taped some nuts to an open ended wrench and put some bolts in there. Worked fine, but was very time consuming.

 

Just do what this guy did, definitely what I will do if mine break when i replace these ****ty stock shocks

http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f11/s...-heavy-323809/

 

I would never cut a hole in the floor of my Jeep, just to replace those shock bolts. Seriously, with a steel punch and a 2lb sledge, it literally takes 3 good whacks to knock those weld nuts out of there. I used 50lb test fishing line to fish some new ones down in, and I was done. Took me 30 minutes from snapping the first bolt to having the new shocks in (and I broke all 4 of them).