[jersey_jim]

so all f the shock bolts came out goo, except for one, little bugger was in there good, well i figured ide break at least one... so i wasnt worried when i broke it, but now all said and done.... i need to get it out.

i checked out the FAQ area on the upper shock bolt replacments, but i was thinking more along the line of doing the drill and tap, but i was wondering how this will come out, and/or if i can use a easy-out.

this is my first lift, so this is the first time im running into anything like this, so im not too sure what to do at this point

[balloo93]

Grind the broken piece smooth and drill it out.

I would "attempt" to drill it out and use an easy out. I would try a big drill bit and that would weaken the remaining broken piece and either break it up or extract it.

[hermantherugger]

We drilled and tapped all 4 of mine to 5/16 coarse thread

[jersey_jim]

and i shouldnt have any problem tapping it? this wont weaken the upper shock mount or anything?

[Falcon3]

Theres about 3 threads with this info already- but I'll put my 2 cents in- I just cut the holes in the floor- takes maybe 15 minutes to get completely done, and then you know its strong. I put grade 8 5/16 bolts in so I know they'll never break.

[hermantherugger]

We didn't, and everything is holding together fine. I'd have a little more of a warm fuzzy if we would have drilled through and used a nut, but this worked out pretty well.

[XpensivXJ]

I drill all 4 of mine out and used a recoil kit which worked out really well.

[captainy]

I went in through the floor on the top and cut open access to it with a dremel. Should have done it hours earlier instead of fighting with it.

[jersey_jim]

i just ended up drilling and taping it, took me all of 15 minutes and worked out well, now i just need ot get the front leaf bolts out!

[bobhere73]

I busted all of mine.. There is a lil room there I just dropped a bolt thru top with a dab off silicone on it smoked one and crawled back under.. lube the bolt good spin on nut add locktite insert key and drive been on there for bout 2 years now.. A buddy didnt trust my setup so he did almost same thing almost but he used 2 nuts after he got 1st one on he put shock in place the put on 2nd nut and tightened against each other both ways under 20 mins..

[fedrusion]

I used the meathode shown in the tech sticky, use an impact hammer and drive the old hardware out then fish stainless bolts thru the back side. of coarse I broke all but one of mine so if I were you I would try to fix the one that is broke first and make it the same as the others.