Trying to replace rear shocks

[ricpope]

broke the bolt in the top. any ideas on how to get the broken bolt out? only have one left. the other three came out fine. the head snapped on this one. now the rig is down until i can get the bolt out. any help is greatly appreciated.

[prerunner1982]

Here is one way to do it.

http://jeephorizons.com/tech/xjshock/shock3.jpg

http://jeephorizons.com/tech/xjshock.html

Also a set of bar pin eliminators may not be a bad thing to look into either.

http://www.xtremeterrain.com/images/products/detail/J5022.jpg

http://www.xtremeterrain.com/barpineliminatorpairfor1984-2001cherokeexjand1997-2006wranglertjbyzoneoffroad.aspx?utm_medium=Shoppi ng&utm_source=bing&utm_campaign=modelfitment&utm_content=21329&xtid=21329-xj-cherokee

[nickxj94]

Get a torch and heat it up and try with vise grips, or like I had to do cut a hole over the shock in the rear and get a extractor or vise grips and a torch DO NOT CUT IT! Just get it red hot and it should come right out. Then when you put them back together use anti-seize on the bolts, since I had to cut my floor out in back I used longer bolts and nuts to keep it tight then just covered my holes back up with sheet metal that's removable for the next time lol

[xj4life2]

Weld a nut on it, and remove it, the heat from the welder should loosen it up

[cpttuna]

use an air hammer and punch it out. If you do this replace with grade 8 5/16 bolt 1 1/2 inches long nut and lock washer.you can wrap wire around the bolt and feed it in from above. there on several writups on the different forums on doing this.

[jonathanlo]

When I put my lift on mine, I snapped 3 of these. I had to drill and tap. It took a while to do, but it's doable.

[ricpope]

Well , i finally got around to fixing the Jeep. i tried to drill the center , i wanted to tap it out. no luck. so i got out the hammer and started to beat the bolt out. went to 5/16 bolt with a lock nut. it was really easy. i do not know why i dreaded it.
thanks for all the info.