Ok, I was in the process of installing the Tein basics I just bought for my integra. I had the stock shock assembly out and was trying to loosen the nut that holds on the top hat using the alan wrench in the shock rod, so it doesnt spin, and a 14mm open end wrench taking off the nut. Anyway, doing this I somehow stripped the part of the shock where the alan wrench goes.

How can I get around this and get the tophat off when the rod is stripped? When I try to take the nut off now the rod just spins and since it is stripped in the end i can not stop it from spinning.

 

use an impact gun, works for me everytime!

 

Why are you trying to loosen that nut in the first place?

 

I am taking off the top hat. why else would i loosen the nut?

 

Wouldn't the impact gun spin the shock rod?

 

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trust me itll take the nut off, i do it all the time on my GC/koni combo..no problems so far

are you trying to remove stock springs on stock shocks?

 

Yea I was taking off the stock tophat to put onto my tein basics because i didn't get the tophat. Anyway, I didn't have an impact gun so I had to cut off the nut then break it off with a drill and hammer and chisel haha. Worked like a charm. Thanks for the responses