Just brought 4 monroe reflex shocks and I plan on putting them on this weekend. I have read in previous post about the stud on the radius arm breaking off during installation of new shocks. Does anyone have any tips on how I can avoid this from happening? Does is break taking off or putting on?
BTW, monroe has a buy 3 shocks get 4th one free, ends on 10/31, so hurry.
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I have replaced shocks twice on my '96 and have yet to break anything. Also have replaced sway bars, bushings, etc. Not sure about these things breaking unless you're talking about a 1st gen explorer??
I think the main reason people had the studs break was because they lived in a snow area and had a lot of rust. If you don't have a rust problem you should not have any problem with the stud. Most likely they broke while being taken off while they were trying to loosen the rusted on nut.
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