The Deputy

Also, the shock bushing collar, on the bottom of the strut, is on an angle (welded on). Once you have the top three studs started, you will have to make sure the bushing collar is clocked in the right position. If it is 180 degrees off...it will not line up with the rest of the bolt opening.

Brian.

dr bob

Is that still "that smooth part" after the grab and the hammering on the Vise-Grip?

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Rotate it with a wrench on the nut on the rear end of the pin. I've used a half-inch air ratchet to turn the nut and the pin. While using a hammer and a brass drift on the front end. Unless there's some serious corrosion, there's not much to keep the pin from coming out easily. If the torque isn't correct, on assembly the pin can move inside the various bushings/sleeves, and gall it some or leave wear grooves. Adding a very thin coat of anti-sieze to the pin usually does the trick for keeping the corrosion devils at bay, but don't add so much that it gets on the rubber parts of the bushings and eats them.

Tom in Austin

What Brian said ... verify the angle of the bottom shock bushing collar before reassembly. Trying to get it to go through in the wrong position will bend your brain ...