My friend is having a hell of a time loosening the top nut on the top of the springs. He doesn't have any air tools does anyone have any suggestions on how to loosen it?? He said the rod is spinning everytime he tries to loosen the nut on the top.

 

If he doesn't have any air tools, he has to stick his hand through the spring and hold the strut. I hope he has a spring compressor. If he doesn't have a spring compressor, then forget my suggestion.

 

Yes he has a spring compressor, only prob is brute strength is not going to hold the strut steady enough to loosen the bolt, he's tried vice grips with aluminum over the actual grips so as not to scratch it and the vice grips couldn't even hold it from spinning (Also it did NOT scratch the rod when he used the grips, the aluminum is softer than the chrome that the rod is made of therefore it did not scratch it.)

 

You NEED an impact gun to put enough torque to the bolt without spinning the center.

 

like ghostrider said...impact wrench...

 

craftsman pliers with the rubber covers ont e shock shaft work DO NOT MAR THE SHOCK SHAFT,
on the rear there is a flat spot for an open ended wrench on the top


or an impact wrench

 

as long as your adding friction the the shaft it usualy doesent spin

get creative use one of those tomato jar openers my grandmother uses!!!! the rubbery disk things shove em in pliers and bam your done lol

 

safest bet is to take it somewhere where an impact gun is available.....see if any neighbors have one...

 

I think a drill driver with a socket would do the trick too. If that fails, I used a cordless electric impact wrench, which has very little power but did the trick, and you can rent those for $20 at Home Depot or other places.