Anyone have any tips on removing front passenger shock on 2012?
09-26-2016, 03:34 PM
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JK Jedi Master
Hmm. I seem to recall the OEM shock having a big nut welded to that stud--no Allen key hole. Some poorly designed aftermarket shocks have the Allen key hole. Bilstein 5100s come to mind. So do Fox shocks. I've assisted installing both, and obviously their engineers ignored maintainability for this install. I wonder what else they ignored? Regardless, other shocks don't have that problem. Rancho comes to mind. Send a message to bad designers: Don't buy their products.
09-26-2016, 05:03 PM
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JK Super Freak
This! If you can get one of those ratcheting box wrenches even better. And for the "Allen key in the stem shocks" (Bilsteins) you can grind the Allen a little shorter so it fits inside that impossibly small space you have to work inside, lol
09-26-2016, 05:51 PM
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I assume you are talking about the plastic lip that hangs down in front of the top of the shock. honestly, I just snapped it off to get access. it si very brittle plastic and can be snapped off in a clean break. it is only visible if you are changing the shock. Maybe not the best way, but it worked just fine.
06-19-2017, 04:36 AM
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Cone Wrench
I used my bicycles tools, a Park Tool 16mm cone wrench... super thin wrench which slipped into the small gap aok....
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06-19-2017, 12:42 PM
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The driver side is no problem, The passenger side however is a royal pain in the you know what!!
Here is your problem. There is no way to get a wrench really up there along with allen key to hold the shaft.
Here is what I did.
After some cutting. I used a rag and vice grips to help hold the shaft. I put the vice grips right under the little pit that holes the top of the dust boot up.
Here is your problem. There is no way to get a wrench really up there along with allen key to hold the shaft.
Here is what I did.
After some cutting. I used a rag and vice grips to help hold the shaft. I put the vice grips right under the little pit that holes the top of the dust boot up.
I introduced that to the sharp end of my angle grinder. Cut straight through the rubber and metal rod of the shock. Came off easy. Right tool for the job for a part I'm throwing in the trash and replacing.
06-20-2017, 05:37 AM
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JK Junkie
I just replaced mine two weeks ago. Broke of the plastic. That took all of two seconds. Then I put vice grips in the shaft and turned the nut with a wrench. I didn't have a ratcheting box end, so just did old school 1/4 turn at a time.
