straight8pontiac Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 I am in the process of beginning a winter project which is the removal and rebuilding of the lever shocks on my 1937 Pontiac. I have followed the shop manual to begin by removing the upper pivot pin which included removing the rear bushing, front bushing, and then the pivot pin. I have tied back the steering knuckle support and am now ready to remove the lever shock. Next the shop manual simply says to remove the four attaching bolts of the shock absorbers. Placing a socket on the bolts, I tried removing them. Three of the four are easily accessed but I could not remove them. They simply kept turning. I looked up into the center of the coil spring and saw 2 nuts which I will have to hold in order to remove the bolts. My question- I cannot see the other 2 nuts. It does not appear that these are studs because they simply kept turning with no removal. I did use a penatrating liquid so as not to shear a stud/bolt. What am I missing?? Where are the nuts which are holding the bolts?? Does anyone have other information which I am not aware of?? Looking forward to a solution- thanks for your help- Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straight8pontiac Posted November 10, 2021 Author Share Posted November 10, 2021 Problem solved- front frame cross member has a large centered hole in which I put my arm up to the elbow and reached to each side where the shock absorber is fastened. Working almost blindly, using a socket to hold the nut on the bottom and my wife wrenching on the bolt head from the engine compartment, we were able to remove the nuts. Very difficult and tedious with no extra room to work at all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 Glad you got that sorted. Thanks for posting the solution for others to see in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kookie1 Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Thanks for posting that solution! I need to overhaul my knee-action shocks too and after looking closely at them I thought, great, this aught to be fun! The top of the bolts are no problem but the bottom nuts I figured were buried in the frame somewhere and I wasn't looking forward to starting this project. Since I work alone I now know I'll need to find someone to work inside the engine compartment with the bolt heads while I lay under the chassis. Thanks for the heads up! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straight8pontiac Posted November 17, 2021 Author Share Posted November 17, 2021 Kookie1 you're welcome. Given my heads up on what to look for, you will have an easy start and shouldn't have any problems. I hope your arm and hand are of average size because you will be twisting and turning once inside the cross member. Yes, you will need a partner. Good luck and let us know of your experience. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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