Hi Gents - thought I would fit a new set of springs and shocks as the ones on my 95 Disco 1 are quite tired and corroded.
Watched a few videos on YouTube and it looked easy enough!
Spent a few days soaking all the nuts and bolts I knew I would have to remove with release agent like a good boy scout.
Tonight I thought I would try and undo the top nut on the front shockers, but fell at the first hurdle!
Put a socket on it and it turned straight away with little resistance - happy days I thought, until I realised the nut was not actually undoing, the spindle was turning with it.
I looked down the body of the shocker to see what was turning lower down that I would need to stop - but no evidence of anything moving lower down.
The top of the spindle has a shoulder to it that an 8mm spanner will fit on, but I'm pretty sure that this will round off with the force I need to exert to crack the nut, I tried holding it still whilst I heaved at the nut with a ring spanner and it looked bound to fail.
Apologies if this is a retarded question guys, but am I missing something simple? I don't recall the guys on YouTube struggling with this!
Cheers,
Pete
Watched a few videos on YouTube and it looked easy enough!
Spent a few days soaking all the nuts and bolts I knew I would have to remove with release agent like a good boy scout.
Tonight I thought I would try and undo the top nut on the front shockers, but fell at the first hurdle!
Put a socket on it and it turned straight away with little resistance - happy days I thought, until I realised the nut was not actually undoing, the spindle was turning with it.
I looked down the body of the shocker to see what was turning lower down that I would need to stop - but no evidence of anything moving lower down.
The top of the spindle has a shoulder to it that an 8mm spanner will fit on, but I'm pretty sure that this will round off with the force I need to exert to crack the nut, I tried holding it still whilst I heaved at the nut with a ring spanner and it looked bound to fail.
Apologies if this is a retarded question guys, but am I missing something simple? I don't recall the guys on YouTube struggling with this!
Cheers,
Pete