Shock absorber replacement nightmare
I was humbled today by a normally simple maintenance job on my 1994 33’ Holiday Rambler. So far I haven’t even been able to remove nut #1 on the front passenger side shock absorber. I’ve done nearly a...
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dakdave wrote:
nut splitters are a joke to try and use. if your shocks have a metal sleeve the bolts go threw many times the bolt will be rusted to the sleeve and you have cut both ends of bolt or cut shock eye apart.be sure and turn nut and not bolt if you can
As someone that has taken apart and restored many OLD Classics, the nut splitters work great if you use the right one and you know what you are doing. Since the OP said he was having a problem with a NUT, the solution was obvious. If he is having a problem with a bolt, that is different.
