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How do you get the top bolts off the shocks on the rear of a Ford van?
Punkinpie
It is a major pain to get that top nut off. Once you get the box end of the wrench on the nut, you only get 1/16 of a turn. Pull off the wrench and repeat about a thousand times and the nut will be free. There's not enough room to get a nut splitter on them -- and even if you could, it wouldn't do any good because the nut and washer on the originals are all one piece -- you'd just cut the nut and not the washer.
The only thing I found that worked a little better was to get my wrench on the nut and use a strap-wrench to grip the shock, turn the shock until the box wrench wedges itself against the frame and holds the nut. Then, keep turning shock with the strap wrench until the nut comes free.
My buddy is a professional mechanic and he says there's no easy way to do the shocks on Ford Vans. Oh ... and forget about a torch ... there's no way you can get one up there, much less see what in the world you're doing.
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