If your replacing the shocks, just cut the nut off, hacksaw if that's all you have will work fine !  PUT ANTISIEZE on the new install !  There is supposed to be a plastic cap thingy there to cover the nut and threaded end to keep corrosion at bay.  Probably long gone.

On 2011-01-02, at 9:00 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> I sent out a message on the list a few weeks ago about installing the front
> shocks. I decided to try and put my hand to it today and ran into a road
> block. The nut at the top of the shock shaft will not come off. The whole
> shaft turns when you try to turn the nut. I've dowsed it with liquid wrench,
> tried vice grips, etc, but no luck. Unfortunately, I don't have any heat to
> apply to it. Any ideas?

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