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lee 90

New Member

• Feb 14, 2010

• #1

stupid qu but i am trying to chande rear bushes on shock absorbers and cannot get the bootom nut of the damper undone. the shocks bottom tube just keeps spinning round and dnt have alot of tools with me at the min. any advice would be much appreciated.

 

Trewey

Cockernee, Pasty munchin bastid.

• Feb 14, 2010

• #2

get a pair of stilsons on the bottom of the lower shock tube, in between the spring coils. just be careful not to damage it too much.
there's an 8mm flat on the bottom end of the threaded rod (below the nut) you could try an 8mm spanner on. it's never worked for me though.

 

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lee 90

New Member

• Feb 14, 2010

• #3

thanks. but i dnt have stillsons only have mole grips and not quite big enough to grip the tube. very limited supply of tools at the moment until i get back to uk. ill try the nut on the bootom tomoz. thnx alot for reply

 

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nicedayforit

New Member

• Feb 14, 2010

• #4

I just held the shock tubes by hand when I did mine.
They had been on 12 years but a lot of WD the day before seemed to do the trick.

 

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lee 90

New Member

• Feb 14, 2010

• #5

i have drenched them in wd40. i have managed to get some stilsons now so ill give them a go in the morning. thanks alot

 

V8_Disco

New Member

• Feb 14, 2010

• #6

i ended up cutting mine off ...... have been replaced with a 2 inch kit anyways

 

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lee 90

New Member

• Feb 14, 2010

• #7

i would cut them of but i need too drive from burgundy to gloucestershire in 2 weeks.
i would by new ones but breaking it as soon as i get home anyways putting the engine into my defender.

 

muddy wheeler

New Member

• Feb 14, 2010

• #8

Get a length of rope and make a tourniquet around the part thats turning,
works every time (better than stilsons)

 

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sweddie76

New Member

• Feb 16, 2010

• #9

Try heating the nut up worked on mine.....eddie

 

thebiglad

Well-Known Member

• Feb 16, 2010

• #10

lee 90 said:

i would cut them of but i need too drive from burgundy to gloucestershire in 2 weeks.
i would by new ones but breaking it as soon as i get home anyways putting the engine into my defender.

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Then why are you bothering to change them?

 

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lee 90

New Member

• Feb 16, 2010

• #11

cus the amount of banging at the rear is unbelievable plus i got to drive 650 miles back home with 5 dogs in the boot aswell! for the sake of a fiver i may aswell do it.
took me 1 hour to change today manage to get a pair of stilson on it.