charm Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 First off, I did a search and came up flat on this one. I have my new GR-2s and was assuming that this would be straight forward. What I'm finding is that the nut holding the lower end of the shock in place is stuck. If only I had a lift and the space to put a 5 foot long breaker bar on the end of it! From there I got to wondering if the spring doesn't need to be compressed? If these are shocks, I assume that the springs are not under load, but if they're more strut like, then I would need to compress the spring and that would help take tension off of the nut and bolt on the bottom. I think I noticed a little black body filler button what seems to be in the right spot to remove the nut on the top of the shock. Assuming I'm correct on that, once I get the bottom, the whole thing should drop down and replacement will be the reverse. Am I even close? If anybody knows of a thread that would better explain it, please point me in the right direction! Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 is the stuck nut holding you up? if so just hit it with some heat. even a small propane torch does wonders. heat the nut only, not the stud. this will expand the nut enough, then immediately hit it with a wrench. those propane torches are awesome for this, very portable, cheap and effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charm Posted January 16, 2009 Author Share Posted January 16, 2009 I'm not sure, is the nut the only thing holding me up? I have no problem hitting it with heat assuming I have the rest of the procedure pretty close to correct. The torch ain't far from the car! Also, I hit it with some PB Blaster. Perhaps after 24 hours it's had some time to work its magic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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