Seriously...I know this might sound silly but I've been, pulling, twisting, tapping, and anything else I can think of to get my front shocks out of the fork. I bought a car with some known issues and while installing stainless lines on it yesterday, I found out that the previous owner had installed the right front shock and fork assembly on the left side and the left on the right. So the brake caliper hits the fork at full steering lock. I've done this a time or two in the past and never had such a pain in the *** of a time getting it apart. It's on Koni yellows if that makes any difference, I've never run Konis before. Help me getting this thing off with some sort of secret tip and I'll buy you a beer and cookie.

 

stick a screwdriver in the slit of the fork to separate the fork more.

 

Try some PB Blaster.

 

Tyson uses the same method I use.

Tap a screwdriver into the gap in the fork, spreading it out a bit.

It really does work. I've also got Koni yellows and they seem to be REAL tight.

Wes

 

Yeah I tried the screwdriver thing, it didn't work either. I ended up getting them out today though, it just took a lot of beating. It looks like they got a little messed up going in and so were hard to get out. I'm amazed at some of the crappy work that the previous owner put into this car.

Side note, what's the best method for getting a seized nut off? I can't drop the shock on the right side because they put the two nuts on with an impact wrench and stripped one of them almost completely round.