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[woody23]

HELP
i need to get the rear shocks and springs off my car, to replace with uprated shocks and springs but i cannot for the life of me get the bloody nut/bolt moving tu take the bottom of the shock out of the swing arm. Been trying for thepast hour and a half or so but ran out of light!

its a mk3.5 '94 i need to get done asap so any help/suggestions would be extremely helpful
cheers in advance

[- Danny Boy -]

Leave it to soak in LOADS of WD40, then get a lever bar on a socket and it should come off easily

[Ruishy1]

buy an impact gun, cheap ones are not bad for this type of job, ive broken a few though
if you have the cash buy a decent impact gun, its worth its weight in narwhal horn, trust me

[woody23]

im on a tool buying ban at the mo!! the WD40 did very little. 15 years of dirt/rust proved too much for it been soaking for 2 days so i spoke to a chap at the local garage and he zapped them off in a jiffy for nowt! 'just goes to prove if you dont ask you dont get. so now sittin pretty on -40mm drop
cheers for your suggestions

[Hilton HS2]

Good old bar and some muscle should get it done. Hammer on a socket if u have to. Can be a coont of a job.

[woody23]

untC is rite almost put my shoulder out trying to free them been driving a hot rod all weekend!! thats why i went to see "the MAN" and his 10k ftlb impact wrench!! all done now looks better than std and no rolypoly corners!

[mintwhiters]

llama I did mine on my drive lying flat on my back with about 2mm between my gut and the car and nearly rocked the thing off the axle stands but they always give eventually, just have to remember that short sharp hard tries are better than a contant gut wrenching pull!

[woody23]

llama I did mine on my drive lying flat on my back with about 2mm between my gut and the car and nearly rocked the thing off the axle stands but they always give eventually, just have to remember that short sharp hard tries are better than a contant gut wrenching pull!

i did pull mine off the stand thats y it went to the garage
no damage done tho thank god!

[white diamond]

mine was rusted on aswel so i just soaked it with WD40 and used a breaker bar came off with not much hassle

[Scott69]

what i use to do in this situation, i got a spare bolt and got the angle grinder out lol