onebluemcm
NAXJA Forum User
I've searched and read through all the posts about changing the rear shocks - I'm realizing this site is an awesome resource for the XJ owner... Had great luck with the forums in helping to figure out I had an issue with front U-joints - they are all fixed up now!
So, I read that the b@$tards (ie, upper shock bolts) will break off if you look at them wrong.
I've been spraying mine with PB Blaster every night for about a week or more - spraying both from the bottom and from the top, through that triangular hole in the body cross member back there. Some days, they get sprayed in the morning before work, and in the evening too.
How likely is it that they will snap off? I'm anticipating the worst, even after all the PB, though the stuff is pretty amazing. The XJ has got 177k on it, all in NY and mostly highway - easy mileage - it's not the rustiest XJ I've seen, but it's seen it's share of corrosion. Any tricks, other than the PB, to getting the bolts out without breakage?
I will probably spray them a few more days, then give it the old college try - I'll be sure to post back here what happens, maybe this thread will help someone out down the road. If they break off, it's probably not worth days of spraying them with PB - may as well just break them all off and get on with it. But hey, if it works, maybe it is a worth while thing to use a whole can of PB on......well, maybe not a WHOLE can......
So, I read that the b@$tards (ie, upper shock bolts) will break off if you look at them wrong.
I've been spraying mine with PB Blaster every night for about a week or more - spraying both from the bottom and from the top, through that triangular hole in the body cross member back there. Some days, they get sprayed in the morning before work, and in the evening too.
How likely is it that they will snap off? I'm anticipating the worst, even after all the PB, though the stuff is pretty amazing. The XJ has got 177k on it, all in NY and mostly highway - easy mileage - it's not the rustiest XJ I've seen, but it's seen it's share of corrosion. Any tricks, other than the PB, to getting the bolts out without breakage?
I will probably spray them a few more days, then give it the old college try - I'll be sure to post back here what happens, maybe this thread will help someone out down the road. If they break off, it's probably not worth days of spraying them with PB - may as well just break them all off and get on with it. But hey, if it works, maybe it is a worth while thing to use a whole can of PB on......well, maybe not a WHOLE can......