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Author need help removin rear shocks! Top nut just keeps spinning please help lol
jon-valver
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11th Apr 10 at 22:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
as above top nut literally spins around but dont come undone.
markx14xe
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11th Apr 10 at 23:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
tighten it 1st if u can try that
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11th Apr 10 at 23:01   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
you need to hold the center bit with an allen key usually
jon-valver
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theres no hole for an allen key at the top? Tried tightening it and no joy.... Jus spins that way (the whole top section of shock spins when i try undo the top bolt) cant think of how to get it off? I need it off for new shock?
mattk
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buzz gun?
markx14xe
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yeah windy gun or electric version
csweatherston
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If its an old shock you dont want to re-use... Grip the piston with some mole grips.
SR91
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11th Apr 10 at 23:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Use a spanner and grip the top of the strut thread with some grips

OR usea trusty angle grinder like i did on this tigra..
Mike
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11th Apr 10 at 23:13   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
How much of the Tigra did you set on fire?
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should be a piece in the middle to get a 7mm spanner on nd hold it while you turn the nut with a spanner
jon-valver
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LOL ok no worries ile try grip it before resortin to grinder, will i have this problem when trying to tighten new shocks i mean will it just spin around and me have to hhold the middle some how?
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quote:
Originally posted by jon-valver
LOL ok no worries ile try grip it before resortin to grinder, will i have this problem when trying to tighten new shocks i mean will it just spin around and me have to hhold the middle some how?




Aye will spin with new shock.. Best bet be get a ratchet spanner and some good mole grips.
SR91
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quote:
Originally posted by Mike B
How much of the Tigra did you set on fire?



Not a lot It looks completly different from when you saw it!
Mike
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As spikedjack said, they usually have some way of steadying the piston (using a smaller spanner/allen key). Unfortunately when they've had a few years use and you're trying to undo them they tend to round off with ease so for undoing it's not usually an option but should be ok for tightening up
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defo a allen key n a spanner mate.if u cant do that then get sum1 to grip the pole inside the shocky with mole grips and u loosen it from the top.also clean the remainin threeds n apply sum wd40 if nessecary lol
jon-valver
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bugga lol y cant they make it easy lol so then when i have raised car i put a jack under the rear beam then i lower the rear beam and spring falls out and i put my new shortened spring and shock in job done?
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right ile try that then. Cheers guys
SR91
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I'd take the 17mm nuts off the bottom of the struts out befopre the top ones... but thats just me... Yes the springs just fall out :-)
jon-valver
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ok ile give it a go. If i deffo cant budge the bolt the angle grinder is comin out. Ile let you know how i get on.... Cheers
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Defo use 2 spanners or mole grips and a spanner, mine come undone fairly easy using 2 spanners.
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12th Apr 10 at 08:29   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Bop bop gun
FruitBooTeR
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Grinder worked for me last year too
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If you dont have access to a bop bop gun or a grinder, COAT the nuts and thread in WD40 and leave it over night.
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Id use mole grips on the top then loosen the nut
dan_m1les
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Get some mole grips with a bit of cloth on the shock, soak the top nut on the top with WD40 or something stronger for a while, then try and shock it of with a long spanner etc.

Had to do this the other week on an E30, with a mate who works at Spax. Worked a treat!

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