Lower front shock stud

[igojuone]

I twisted off the lower front shock nut of a B4000 4x4 and now have a stub of the mount bolt left with no room to spin on a nut. The stud is one piece with the radius arm and they want $150 here in BC for each radius arm and the chances of the other arm doing the same are probably high. Can I drill out all the remaining stud and just use a high grade lock nut and bolt to replace it?

 

[igojuone]

Figured it out on my own, just used a cut off wheel on an angle grinder to cut of stud and then ground flat down to the 1/4 inch thick washer(?), drilled a pilot hole in centre of washer then followed up with a 7/16 drill(go slow as you near the other side), then used a 4 inch grade 8 bolt and lock washer with another 1/4 thick washer and extra washers like the ones used on top shock mount on both ends. Also used the split steel sleeve inserted in shock.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Another way to fix shock stud, this is on a d-28 that originally doesn't have a stud but if yours breaks you could buy the stud from any parts place that stocks the 'HELP' line of parts. This was on my race truck so two studs;
I grabbed the rad arms from my '87 and drilled two holes 2 3/4" apart, the front one 1" from the existing hole;

I bought and installed these shock mounts;

IIRC they were C$12.00 ea.

 

[cammeddrz]

d-28 .....................race truck

2 thigs you hardly see in the same sentence

 

[HareRazor]

When I broke mine off I ground it flat and drilled and tapped the remaining stud that was left there to fit a 3/8 bolt. I then found a washer that was the same outside diameter of the nut + washer that originally held the shock on and welded that to a 3/8 washer and bolted it all together with grade 8 hardware. It probably isn't the best solution but it has worked fine.