Hello,

I have just purchased 2 factory front heavy duty shocks for the truck, and
was wondering for a little step by step help. For the bottom bolt, do I
turn the bolt head to loosen off or do I turn the large nut and keep bolt
head from turning?

One thing I'm noticing for the nuts is that it's not easily fitting a Socket, when looking at the nut closer the hole inside looks Oval not round, and this seems to be why socket aint fittin good. I've tryed metric and standard.

I'm talking about the nut it self. You should be able to get a socket on it. And by holding this nut up to the light you can see that it's not circular it's oval looking and to me it looks and if it's ben compressed(squished) a little.

I'm having trouble getting a socket on the nuts on the trucks shocks
also, as I'm seeing the same problem.

Some help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks...

 

It's a locking nut,that's why the inside looks like that.You can hold either the nut or the bolt and turn the other,better to hold the bolt and loosen the nut.Can't remember for sure,but I think it's 28 mm.

 

Hello, for OEM heavy duty front shocks how many pounds of torque do I tighten them to? Being a rubber washer/spacer it's tightening down on I have no idea how tight to make it.

Thanks in Advance.

 

65-87 ft. lbs. on the lower.The top should have a shoulder on the shock stud,tighten until it stops.If it doesn't have shoulder,tighten until the rubber "expands" to the same dia. as the washer.