Rear shock

[rgh96gt]

I have a 1995 explorer fourd door, four wheel drive. I am replacing the back shocks with Gabriel Hi-Jacker air shocks but unfortunately I can't remove the bolts holding the shock in place. Does anyone have any tricks for removing the bolts at the top and bottom of the shock? I even tried an impact wrench and the bottom ones wouldn't budge. Any help is appreciated.

 

[00XLS]

Soak them with some PB Blaster and give it a few minutes. Mine came off fairly easy, also if you haven't already, remove the spare tire.

 

[rgh96gt]

Did you have any trouble getting the top bolts off? Are there any tricks to getting them off. They looked pretty rough as well.

I will definitely go get some PB Blaster.

Thanks for the hlep.

Rich

 

[00XLS]

i don't think i did, i'm pretty sure i tackled that one first that way the shock couldn't twist. I believe I used a wrench there too.