Shocking Update

**RLENT** · 05-08-2009, 11:22 PM

Originally Posted by bluejaybee

Anti seize? Huh?

Yeah ..... anti-seize ..... lets things come apart without too much effort or aggravation .....

I just get big momma .....

Well ..... like I always say:

What's the fun of just taking something apart easily ...... when you actually just destroy something instead ?

**bluejaybee** · 05-08-2009, 11:34 PM

What u bet them mech's in that truck shop used "big momma"? U think they gonna sweat for their $120 bucks a hour? Nay, don't think so.

You know and I know, the problem with shocks is that you normally don't have room for a cheater. Trying to break those nuts loose with a regular length wrench can be a challenge. Then if you do break them loose and the whole shock starts turning, it is time for a torch or a sawzall. Of course, one should not try to do this in a parking lot at WalMart.

**guido4475** · 05-09-2009, 09:29 AM

I usually use my torches to heat them up,alot easier.But I'm sure someone will tell me that by doing that ruins the sructual integrity of the nut/bolt. lol.

**greg334** · 05-09-2009, 10:38 AM

Most parts changers use a 1 inch impact wrench that is also used to put on the nuts/studs of the tires. This produces a lot of torque (350 ft/lbs if it is used for tires) on the nut and sometimes impossible to get off.

If you heat it up and try to get it off, then you will have to replace the bolt and nut because it will take a lot of heat to break it free.

The easiest thing to do is to have the right tools ready, pull into T/A and pay $10 for them to crack them loose with the impact wrench and tighten them by hand with your tools. The torque specs for shocks I think are something like 125 ft/lbs, not a lot.

**RLENT** · 05-09-2009, 01:31 PM

What u bet them mech's in that truck shop used "big momma"? U think they gonna sweat for their $120 bucks a hour? Nay, don't think so.

Oh ... I don't doubt it for a minute ....... nothing wrong with using Big Momma to get 'em off .... all kinds of things wrong to tighten 'em with it, in the first place .....

Trying to break those nuts loose with a regular length wrench can be a challenge.

Yeah .... that's why ya use anti-seize on 'em the first time you replace 'em - so it's only a problem once ....

Originally Posted by greg334

The torque specs for shocks I think are something like 125 ft/lbs, not a lot.

Yeah ..... that's certainly not all that much ...... shoot - the wheel bolts on my Sprinter go 177 ft lbs (which will give ya a workout doing 20 of 'em)

And yes .... anybody - including myself - that puts the wheels back on, torques them to the correct spec, with a torque wrench .....