Passenger side rear upper shock bolt - HOW??!!

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89Suburban

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I took a 22MM wrench and made a stubby out of it to get in there through the top with the fender liner removed. Yeah the fingers take an ass kicking from the impact on the front of the bolt but it works.


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I took a 22MM wrench and made a stubby out of it to get in there through the top with the fender liner removed. Yeah the fingers take an ass kicking from the impact on the front of the bolt but it works.




At least 5-6 times in '24 I've had to make a tool to fix the tool that I needed to make the original repair I set out to accomplish!

Nice work!
 

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I spent an hour messing with that pig and there is no combination of extensions, sockets, etc that I could get on that damn bolt with the rear a/c lines and that goddamn wire harness on the frame. I give up. It will be going into the shop hopefully next week. Any chance a dealership will actually just install the shocks I already bought? I did get genuine GM rear magneride shocks.
 

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I just changed all of my dampers last week. The rears actually didn’t give me much trouble. I used a box end on the outside nut with a deep socket and 3 inch extension on the bolt from the inside. On the passenger side I went above the wiring harness but below the A/C lines. I didn’t full remove the liners but removed the torx screws and push pins that go into the frame and that was enough flex to access the outer nut without much fuss.
 
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