I cut mine off with a sawzall, I had not intention of keeping them so it was easy.

 

i cut mine off with a sawzall, i had not intention of keeping them so it was easy.

x2...You can have them off in about 5 minutes a nut, or less with a new blade.

 

I tried everything from a pipe wrench to fabricating a tool out of a nut with a welder. What worked for me was.... wait for it..... needle nose vice grips. Needed a bit of penetrating oil but the vice grips did the trick.

 

I cut mine off like mikey! Easiest way!

 

after a very frustrating hour i cut mine off as well.

 

I tried every vise grip , soaked with penetrating oil over night, and some heat.... got one side but the other side was so badly rust welded I ended by cutting the nut off with my sawzall. The stock shocks are not worth enough to waste an endless amount of labour trying to get off.

 

Well, I tried penetrating oil, pipe wrenches, multiple vise grips, and eventually I cut them off. Thanks for the confirmation of the ultimate way to do it.
Now I have to get the extended brake lines installed and stuff the bigger springs in there. I won't finish tonight as it is getting cold and dark soon.

 

Or use a nut splitter!

 

OUCH! NO!!! :lol:

 

I put either a 7mm or 8mm wrench on top of mine and then broke them loose while my buddy held it. My buddy had small hands though lol

 

No on my FJ but I've used a nut buster effectively.

A pro mechanic suggested an impact driver/socket

 

Saws-all worked for me.

 

Damn, gettin' ready to go in on this one as well... Ain't Bringin' no knife to a gun fight... :bandit:

Okay, went after them with a vengeance... The seven mm open end wasn't enough to hold it... Closer inspection revealed they used thread locker on the nut so out comes the propane torch for 20 to 30 seconds of heat on the nut and then vise grips on the top to hold and they broke loose.....

 

I ran into the same issue when installing mine. i didn't have a saw handy, but did have access to a grinder. We ground a few flat spots on the shock shaft. Made it easy to grab with the vice grips.