Welded On rear upper shock mounts. Am I screwed?

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10-23-2010, 07:38 PM

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here's fishing
used thin wire wrapped around the bolt thread

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10-23-2010, 07:50 PM

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After tightening the nuts I kind of didn't feel too good about it... so I am not sure why ...heh heh, but I decided to put some thread locker and put second nut . I don't know if it's a waste ...but I did it any way

well, that's it ...
the new shocks are Gabriel "pro guard" 25 bucks at autozone .... together with new leaf spring everything is cool so far .

what isn't cool is that I hit my dumb head of the damn liftgate , actually right at the corner of it ... got pretty bad cut . What a dumb a&&&! and LOL ...

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10-23-2010, 07:52 PM

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Good job...

thanks , man

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10-23-2010, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by huntingman2706217

i was confused for a minute when i saw i posted to it already after reading it all... lol... glad you got it... would have spent the $80 on a grinder and cutting wheel instead... and over a years time... lol... would be like $7 a month put away... lol

the problem is that you cant stick there any other tool but something like a rotary-tool ...there's just no room there with shocks in place ... huh huh

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10-23-2010, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by black_771

Looks like you did a good job. I think a Dremel was the hard way, but if it worked...

On a semi-related note, every damn bolt I touch in my XJ breaks with very little effort. What up with that?

The modern dremel could not do a thing. If I didn't have that old one (that's a gran-pa machine!!!!) I don't know what I could do really. I know I would be very very pissed ...that's for sure and could become very unstable as well , especially after the moment when I split my skull ...rofl....