Front lower shock bolt spinning help!
Front lower shock bolt spinning help!
hi...I tried to remove the passenger side lower shock bolt well it broke free & now just spins..the flag nut broke and I can get the bolt out tried open end wrench inside the coil no room not sure of the size of the nut...not sure what to do.....anybody ever had this problem
thanks to you DTR members that replied...well I finally got the lower shock bolt out! It took 3hrs. to do it. After lots of effort almost impossible to get a wrench on the silly mopar flag nut but I was able to wedge a pry bar to hold a box wrench that I had to heat up with map gas to straighten the wrench so it would fit between the coil & shock. My buddy held the pry bar & box wrench & I put the breaker bar & 21mm socket on the bolt & started to loosen it. It was super hard even with a length of pipe on the bar.. then voila!! the frickin 14mm bolt snapped ...yes!!!! thanks dodge for this screwy set up. One bolt three hrs....
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Anti-Sieze on it when you put it back together. Everytime I loosen a bolt or screw on these rust buckets anti-seize is the answer for future repairs, AND there will be repairs.
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