Help with rear shock bolts

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Nov 17, 2009 | 08:54 PM

trozenhorse

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Help with rear shock bolts

So I am on my winter project, a 97 bad boy I bought in florida and trucked up to Montreal. Stripped it down pretty well. Now replacing the rear shocks. The bolts are in a weird spot and I cannot get a torque wrench with a socket in there to tighten the bolts to spec. Any ideas or tricks? The one bolt I was able to get my half inch torque wrench on came off pretty easy. Thats one out of 4 bolts I can get to. Thanks guys!

Nov 17, 2009 | 10:30 PM

Jacobi

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I think the torque spec on these is ~130ft. lbs. I would just crank on them with some blue loctite and don't worry about it. I don't think you can over tighten them.

-Barry-

Nov 17, 2009 | 10:37 PM

dkyork

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Originally Posted by trozenhorse

Loktite, big *** crescent, and a few swings with a hammer for final tightening.

Nov 18, 2009 | 06:56 AM

handyhoward

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Do it right and take off the rear wheel and tire and inner fender guard... use a torque wrench with an extension and of course red locktite not blue.......

Nov 18, 2009 | 08:04 AM

twisted125

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I would hit it with some loc tite and tighten to "one nut spec" being tight to where you think you dropped a nut, then call it good

Nov 18, 2009 | 03:13 PM

chrome-dome-dave

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Blue loc-tite, and a gearwrench wratchet wrench, and crank on it good.

Nov 19, 2009 | 08:17 AM

handyhoward

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Blue loc-tite for regular maintenance items... red for only once in a while items (usually requires some heat to break the seal)....... good for suspension items