[Scrotus]

Hope someone here can help me. Im putting in some lower shocks and have taken the old ones out. The problem is I cant seperate the shock from the mount where it sits inside the car. When I turn the top nut the whole shock turns and there is no other nut to stop it. Mutigrips ect wont grip the shock enough to stop it turning. Is there some trick to this or am i missing something obvious.

 

[Scrotus]

ok got a vice and used that. Thought they where expensive only 25 dollars for bench vice. :

 

[northey]

sometimes take a lot of holding power - stilsons, vice, etc. - and wrecks shock

 

[Aussiblue]

Lisle make a special tool http://store1.yimg.com/I/sjdiscounttools_1881_6826856 andhttp://www.sjdiscounttools.com/lis20400.html

 

[atec77]

Hope someone here can help me. Im putting in some lower shocks and have taken the old ones out. The problem is I cant seperate the shock from the mount where it sits inside the car. When I turn the top nut the whole shock turns and there is no other nut to stop it. Mutigrips ect wont grip the shock enough to stop it turning. Is there some trick to this or am i missing something obvious.

$20.00 set of large multigrips from supa cheep and it will damage them but it works . you reach in over the brake with car jacked and wheel off and have someone turn the socket to break the nut loose.