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Old 04-11-2012, 07:04 PM
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I have a 92 jeep cheroke and the upper rear bolts broke for the shocks. Any help please.I have attach a pic.
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There are plenty of threads on fixes for this. I did the fix where i ised an air chisle to pound out the old bolts then I took thin wire and pulled bolts down from the top via the access hole. Do a search. There are 100's of pages on the Internet about this.
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Here is the easiest fix that i have found, and you will never have to deal with broken shock bolts ever again
http://www.ebay.com/itm/190579652607...#ht_1725wt_952
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Here you go.

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what i did was drill another hole to the side of it, put a washer through it and then just tighten it that way
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