Can't get dust covers/bumpstop/metal bracket off shock....

[Tallen]

that stupid metal cup shaped bracket on the stock front shock is givin me problems...i cant get it off. so this means i cant get the bumpstop or dust shield either. any tips to get that puppy off? thanks guys.

 

[jay_95talon]

you and me both...well i think so anyway is this the thing you couldnt get (picture may take a little bit to load)

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[jay_95talon]

Oh nevermind you said front shock mine were the back that I had problems with.

 

[Tallen]

i had problems with all of em

heres how to fix it....kinda

-move the dust cover down
-put the shock in a vice, dont clamp down on shock (its ok to clamp onto the bump stop some...i recommend it). have the cup sitting on the vice.
-take a blowtorch to the circled piece
now the fun part
-take your handy dandy sledge hammer, and beat the living shit out of the threaded part of sthe shock. keep hammering it down and it'll go.

fun huh?

 

[Blk95gs]

I had the same problem with mine...I just took it to a local machine shop, and they took care of it for free, within 2 or 3 minutes.

 

[super95awd]

I just held the end of the rod with vice grips and got ahold of the cup part with a monkey wrench. Turned it and it came off.

 

[cootees]

I tried everything to get mine off.. so finally I just cut the shaft of the strut with a reciprocating saw. I was replacing them anyways and just needed the bumpstop so sure.. why not?!?!

 

[Blk95gs]

thats what i did, and i still couldnt pull it off. the guy at the machine shop was like, now i hope you dont need that strut still cause it wont work like that...guess you had to be there...

 

[laserturbo91]

Originally posted by Blk95gs
I had the same problem with mine...I just took it to a local machine shop, and they took care of it for free, within 2 or 3 minutes.

aj i thought it costed a thousand dollars ha. and we should have taken pics of what "he-man" did to your strut before we took it up there