shock bolts

[lorraine1]

i have a 98 explorer qith the 5.0,need to change rear shocks but cant get the nuts off the top rear ones,really bad rusty,already tried,any ideas?these are a pita,as they are on topdont want to use a torch.

 

[rkh58]

I did mine Saturday.Soaked them with PB blaster Friday night and then again Saturday morning. Just get a wrench on them and start cranking. Three out of four of mine ended up snapping off but no big deal. new ones came with the new shocks. Drivers side was the worse because I was doing them on my garage floor its a pita but doable,

 

[swshawaii]

Ditto. Drown those upper nuts with PB Blaster and let it penetrate. The EVAP canister box can be moved by
removing three bolts. Here's the perfect tool for those difficult top nuts, unless they are rounded or stripped.

http://www.amazon.com/GearWrench-9913-Flex-Head-Combination-Ratcheting/dp/B0002SR04Y

 

[SoNic67]

I drove my Exp rear on ramps for more clearance and soak the bolts with PBblaster overnight.

 

[MAS Tequila]

Do you have an impact wrench?

Use some extensions and adapters to get the impact on the bottom of the bolt with a wrench on top.

It will either come loose or break.

Either way you win.

Or cut the head with a Dremel.

My truck has been a Florida truck it's whole life, so there's negligible rust.

But both lower bolts refused to loosen, one broke and the other had to be cut.

MT

 

[koda2000]

they break off fairly easily.