Rear shock bolts
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Rear shock bolts
I replaced my OEM shocks two years ago. And both upper studs broke trying to remove the bolts. It did it on my 95 xj (r.i.p. ) . I soaked both with pb blaster like crazy but to no use. So I drilled the holes and just put long bolts thru the cargo area floor. After about a year I added 2 8"x8" steel plates to support between the floor and bolts. Just wondering if anyone else had this issue and what they did to resolve it
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its pretty common to have to upper bolts break. and actually i just lifted a 00 xj today that had 3 out of the 4 break. but what i normally do is just air chisel the welded nut out and bolt it up with a new bolt and nut combo.
unfortunatly, drilling through the floorboard isnt an option on customers jeeps.
unfortunatly, drilling through the floorboard isnt an option on customers jeeps.
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i feed the bolt through the access panel and drop it down and put a new nut on it
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and if you really want to make changing out shocks easier on yourself, then you can put a couple tack welds on the bolt to the body (only if fed down through the top) to make tightening and loosening easier
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