Front lower shock mount

[Yepitsbob]

What is the best way to fix this ? I don't weld.

 

[Jazzer]

Drill or grind the stud until you can get the shock off, then do the same with the stud to remove it from the frame member it’s attached to.

Then you can replace it with a bolt and nut of the proper size. A nylon locknut would be ideal. Good Luck!

 

[pjtoledo]

try searching for a shock mount repair.
this pops up at NAPA.
the wide shoulder/base will work much better than a regular bolt.

https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/NOE6501100

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Yeah, you can drill/grind/punch that thing out. If I remember correctly that stud is just pressed into a hole in the arm. It can be replaced with a bolt. Not ideal, but it works if you don’t have access to a welder.

I’m not particularly a fan of that style on the front and I can weld, so I welded tabs on and turned the bottom of the shock 90* so I could do a bolt as a double-shear mount instead of a stud or bolt in single shear configuration. The D-28 in my 88 had a bracket that bolted on to the arms and a bolt went through that and the arm instead of the stud mount design and I always thought that was better but I have a welder and not a press brake to make a bracket like that for the last set of arms I made.

 

[Yepitsbob]

Thanks for the advice. I cut out the stud and drilled a hole for a 1/2" * 3" grade 8 bolt .