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gobo57
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 Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 9:44 pm Post subject: removing frozen shock bolts |
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here is a dumb newbie question. the bolts on my shocks have probably not been removed for 20+ years and are frozen. i am not too sure about heating with a torch do to the rubber on the shocks. i have soaked with wd for about 3 days and no luck. what will happen if the bolt snaps? thanks-scott  |
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RareAir
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| Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 11:35 pm Post subject: Re: removing frozen shock bolts |
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| scott bierowski wrote: |
| the bolts on my shocks have probably not been removed for 20+ years and are frozen. i am not too sure about heating with a torch do to the rubber on the shocks. what will happen if the bolt snaps? |
What does it matter if the torch melts the rubber on the shocks? You're trying to remove the shocks to replace them anyway, right? If the bolt breaks off, you'll need to drill out the shank of the bolt & use a tap to chase the threads to clean things up.
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happy hoppy
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| Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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get some penetrate oil.
spray it into the tower, all over.
now get a BIG hammer! and wack the head of that bolt.
hit it square on the head.
more oil, now tap the head with the hammer, tap, tap, tap, oil ,tap tap ect.
as you tap the oil gets worked into the threads .
do this for 10 min.
works everytime!
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gobo57
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| Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 9:18 pm Post subject: frozen bolts |
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| gave the oil another try and had little problem. i purchased a pair of boge shocks for the front and discovered made in mexico. the boge shocks on the car are stamped made in west germany and by sachs, but dated 4/71.what,s up with this. if they are an old repop, but had vw part numbers,are there any more around? |
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happy hoppy
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| Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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vw did not make each and every part, they out sourced alot of parts for thier VW's
they still made the bug in mexico up untill a couple years ago.
mexican parts are better then any parts from taiwan , brazil, japan, ect.
except germany of course !!! or the good old USA !
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gobo57
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| Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 9:30 pm Post subject: shocks |
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i think what is bothersome is that when i purchased the boge shoks i was expecting them to be german made. still wonder why a pair dated 4/71 would be marked made in west germany  |
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