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Front shock removal??? 65/66

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ga289stocker

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I have some Drag shocks I want to throw in when I go to the track. I have a export brace that mounts to the shock towers. Manual says to take off the upper mounting bracket that is secured w/ 3 nuts. I really don't want to
take those off as those nuts hold the export brace on and I had a hell of a time getting on. It seems if I just unscrewed the 2 top nuts from the shock itself I could pull it out the top( of course once the bottom nuts are removed as well). Any reason I couldn't just leave the upper mounting brackets alone and do that?
 

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Because most shocks don't physically fit through the opening on the shock tower cap that the top of the shock bolts down too.

The export brace won't move...the bolts are captured and will hold it in place when you pull the cap off.
 
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What DT said! I just pulled my shocks and there is no way they were coming through the caps. I also have an export brace, it didn't move.
 

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thanks for the info, feel much better now knowing the export brace will be ok.
 
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