I swapped in new shocks up front this morning. The FSM was of course a big help (NOT). It says to torque the top nuts 97 ft/lbs.
I ran the nuts down until the shock shaft starts to turn as well (bushings compressed). FSM says put a wrench on the top to keep the shaft from turning but
1. the flat sided on the top of the shaft only fits 1/4 open end.
2. I can't figure out how to get a box wrench on the nut to turn it while hopefully holding against the grain with a little 1/4 wrench (I tried)
I also tried putting a short box wrench over the nut and tried to turn with the 1/4 inch wrench but can't get the torque to turn it.....
What a PITA. I got the old shocks out by using a vice grip on the shaft, but don't want to do that on the new ones!
any ideas?
I ran the nuts down until the shock shaft starts to turn as well (bushings compressed). FSM says put a wrench on the top to keep the shaft from turning but
1. the flat sided on the top of the shaft only fits 1/4 open end.
2. I can't figure out how to get a box wrench on the nut to turn it while hopefully holding against the grain with a little 1/4 wrench (I tried)
I also tried putting a short box wrench over the nut and tried to turn with the 1/4 inch wrench but can't get the torque to turn it.....
What a PITA. I got the old shocks out by using a vice grip on the shaft, but don't want to do that on the new ones!
any ideas?