how to remove upper rear shock bolt 2009+ RAM 1500
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- čas přidán 30. 03. 2017
- The rear coil spring suspension on the 2009 and up Ram 1500 rides great, but the added difficulty in accessing the upper rear shock bolt is the trade off. It's not so bad with the right tool though....
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I watched this video and was ready to cut a crescent wrench down to grab the back bolt. I have a 2016 Ram 1500 and once I removed the fender liners i noticed an L type bracket on the back side of the top bolt. It seems Fiat/Chrysler/Ram realised their error and added this fix to the design. I put a 21mm socket on my impact gun and the bracket on the back nut held itself on the frame and the bolt came right out. It took longer to put the fender liners back in than it did to replace both shocks.
Very cool! Might have to see if the dealership has that new nut available to order or purchase the next time I replace the shocks. Thanks for sharing your discovery!
So did you just use the impact gun and give it a go till it got loose? No wrench holding the back bolt?
Wow, I'm praying my 2017 has that L type bracket on the back side of the top bolt. Looks like a PITA to remove otherwise.
@@garyp9906 just about to start my rear shock job on my 2017. Did yours have the new nut adapter attached
@@mjnatty968 I haven't got around to it yet. Let me know if yours has that new nut adapter and how much of a pita it is to remove that nut. I recently put Timbrens's on the rear axle to help with sag with my travel trailer. Next project will be the shocks. Like I said, let me know how yours goes.
Dude I just replaced mine, and after a lot of cursing in the middle that wrench trick worked, still hard to do it but def was the best idea
I used a crowfoot and it came off without too much fighting.
I then welded a 1/2”x1-1/2” tab on the nut. It wont be a problem next time.
Did mine today and ran into those top bolts had the WTF. Looked up on CZcams and your vid helped alot. The guy wrench worked perfect.
Use a crows foot and an extention with ratchet or breaker bar from the tire side then you can just rip the impact. No cutting tools or anything super easy
tried to replace mine today and had the same issue, thanks for the info, ill knock it out tomorrow
This worked perfect. Best thing I seen all day!
I'm in the middle of this. I did the passenger side fine with a ratchet and a deep 21mm although it was a bear and started to round one corner of the nut off. The driver side, with the fuel tank...well, there's just no room. I'm off to cut an adjustable wrench, which is better than cutting a wrench I actually use. Thanks for the idea.
Thanks to this video I was able to knock these rear shocks out fast! Appreciate the video man! Found an old crescent wrench and took the hack saw to it on the vice. Wah lah!
easiest way if you don't have a 13/16" stubby wrench, is to buy a spare 13/16" wrench and cut the box end to be 4" long. Fits in there just fine.
ShawnMc749 excellent idea
I had this same problem ended up cutting 13/16 down to about 2.5 inches worked great.
Perfect solution! Saved us time. My 2008 was way easier. Son's 2012 was impossible until I watched your video. Thanks.
I'm glad the video helped! Thanks for watching
socket wrenh with folding head and 22 mm deep socket will work also before putting it back on if you have access to a welder.weld a tab onto the bolt .it will hit the side of the valley it sits in allowing you to lossen it with out a wreñch next time
I have the same year truck, I used a craftsman max access socket wrench in it, wasn't easy but it worked
thanks for the info really helped!!
Michael VILLEGAS glad I could help!
I cut a box-end wrench instead which essentially made a "flag nut". Worked like a charm.
Chase Frazee heck yeah! Now that's a good idea
You can also use a crows foot dude
Impact take it right off. Jam piece of metal in the nut/frame and zip her off from bolt head
OMG, I friggin knew it! The moment I finished doing the rear passenger side strut (which took me all feckin day to loosen that back nut) I went to do the drivers side and totally lost it! This is my nightmare as well!
I'm probably going to go out of my mind doing this. Ugh. Feckin azzhole engineers don't give a rats ass about DIY FOLKS LIKE US! I SWEAR I THINK THEY DO IT ON PURPOSE. THERE'S NO REASON to build a truck like this, none. They could've just as easily built it so that we could access the top nut and bolt. But Nooooooooo.
Thank you for posting this video! Now I'm going to watch it and see just what a cluster feck future I have ahead of me with this SHYTE!
Oh BTW, THERE'S NO WAY I'M DOING MY FRONT SUSPENSION! HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED JUST TO REPLACE THE FRONTS? OMG!
I bought all 4 front and back, but I don't give a shit! My front ones are not getting done by me! I'll take them somewhere and have them put on! I just don't have the time or patience
I have to agree with you there! Seems like the engineers do their best to get owners to just take vehicles to the dealer for work.
Use a stubby open end wrench for inside top nut. No need to remove wheel well. 30min job. No joke.
I got a small pair of needle nose vide grips on the top nut and sprayed lots of Liquid Wrench on it but the bolt just spins. Any ideas ?
Troy Hayden that nut was torqued pretty tight. It's definitely going to take at least an adjustable wrench to hold the nut while turning the bolt.
I saw a video by A1AUTO and the guy just had a BENT WRENCH, TO FIT UNTO THE REAR NUT! Of course he made it look so feckin easy, with the whole truck jacked way up. Ha! Try being 50 and having to feckin break dance my way through the whole ordeal! Ugh
you need not take the fender liner out just take hole saw cut opening directly across from bolt head use impact on the bolt and hold the inner nut with a socket not hard to do I do it all the time and dose not take long can do both in 40 minutes .
That’s what I did too, worked perfect but I had a crowfoot for the inner.
Why would you cut a hole in the fender liner when it isnt necessary? Just remove it, then put it back. It may addb10 minutes to the job, but your fender well won't have a big hole in it.
Yeah... you tell the customer " I just cut a hole cause it makes it easier for me "
@@gangrel1055 When i put bilstiens on my 2014 sport I removed the inner fender no problem. But now i have a 2018 Laramie and it has fender flares from factory and they seem to be glued on. Im thinkin about goin for the the holesaw route , and then putting back a rubber firewall grommet plug to hide the hole. Seems a hell of alot simpler than having to break the glue or tape or what ever is holding my factory flares in place.
Designed by an engineer, not a mechanic.
Either drop the tank or take out the bed bolts and raise it up two inches with a two-by-four to get up in there
Crows foot wrench is the correct way