xj1994

hey guys im trying to replace my rear shocks and i could use some help here. I heard what most people do is back it out until it breaks then use a punch to get it out but my problem is my bolts are so rusted it just strips the screw if i try and turn it. How do i get these things off? heres a pic of what it looks down there. thanks new york rust ha.

king_Ahmet

I'm interested in this as well... sub'd

Xjtim

In the unibody, there are nutserts that the bolts go into, break the heads of the bolts off, punch the bolts and nutserts out with a bfg, grab the stock rear sway bar mounts from the frame end, pull your carpet up, cut a square 4"x4" hole in the floor board, leaving a flap, so you can close it, or weld it shut, i used JB weld, bolt up the sway bar mounts, sometimes you need two people, one to lay underneath and one to lay in the jeep, and wala...you've just converted your shock mounts to the BPE style...no more stuck bolts. I dont have a link, but I'm sure someone will...

xj1994

i dont think i have my stock sway bar mounts anymore

Xjtim

You can also do everything up to the sway bar mount. There is a little access hole that you can put a bolt through and get it down the original location.you just need a larger washer to compensate for the bigger hole were the OEM bolt used to go. The only problem I ran into doing it this way was that the new bolts are too big and the bolt patter changes too. The OEM bar pin aren't long enough anymore.

Xjtim

Here's a link to show what I was describing in the first link, but without the sway bar mounts....it's actually really easy, and doenst affect the floor board at all...

http://www.rocklizardfabrications.co...ock_mounts.htm

xj1994

thanks for the link but i can't even turn my bolts to break them off so how would i do that?

xj1994

also i have never used a punch before or seen one. Is there a certain size one that i need to get?

EZEARL

I may be looking at the same situation as you on my wife's '96 Blazer. If you can't break the bolt heads off you may have to,from up top,grind the weld nuts down and punch the bolts out from the top. You got access to a air tools?

Click-Click-Pull

You'll still have to figure a way to get the bolts out or snap the heads... but here's a great alternitive. They're a great product and no I don't work for the company... just installed mine a couple of months ago and very happy. my .02
http://www.ebay.com/itm/JEEP-CHEROKE...6eb7ff&vxp=mtr

xj1994

Hey that looks like a pretty good idea. so i wouldn't have to get those bolts out then? Could i just cuit the shock off super close to the top then fit these over it?

sycoglitch

I just heated mines up with a torch, then immediately cooled down with water, did this three times and they came out nicely nothing broken. Worst case if they break, try to punch them out and weld a new nut to a clothes hanger slide it in and catch it with a new but. Also use BPE to avoid future breaking of bolts

xj1994

i can't turn my bolts at all the are stripped out. there is no size socket that will fit on it.

sycoglitch

Use a punch tap. Tap a hole, drill into it and use a reverse drill. Had to do it once. Isn't easy but if
You heat it up and they use this special but it'll come out with some effort