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Old 11-02-2004, 10:54 AM
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Special Socket For Removing The Top Nut Off of the Shock

I know I have seen this before somewhere, there is a special socket that allows you to remove the top nut on a shock when doing a spring/shock install. The reason for the socket is that the bolt on the shock can twist, making the nut difficult to remove without a true impact wrench.

I swear I saw this on some car forum, I searched our site and Miata.net with no luck. Let me know if any of you guys have ever seen this. Thanks,
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you can just use an open end wrench on the nut and a metric allen key to keep the piston from spinning while loosening the nut...
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Originally Posted by XeRo
you can just use an open end wrench on the nut and a metric allen key to keep the piston from spinning while loosening the nut...
I've tried this but its alot easier said than done
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just go buy some air tools and it takes like 2 seconds
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