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ga289stocker Gearhead Posts: 129 From: Sugar Hill, Ga Registered: May 2006	posted 06-01-2006 10:22 PM 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?
Scott H Gearhead Posts: 1480 From: Chicago area Registered: Mar 2005	posted 06-01-2006 10:38 PM chances are the bottom of the shock will be too large to come up thru the center of the bracket. You should be able to take off the three nuts and the upper bracket while leaving the studs and export brace in position.
Darryl Eichenlaub Gearhead Posts: 124 From: Buckley,Wa. Registered: Dec 2005	posted 06-02-2006 03:42 AM Give it a try, I just did mine that way. I just unbolted the shock top and bottom then pulled it up and fished it out of the tower. My problem came when installing the new ones. The Edelbrock IAS shock has a huge tube and wouldn't fit back in so I was back to removing the towers. But the Drag shock has a thin tube so it should work. ------------------ Darryl Eichenlaub 1965 Mustang Coupe restomod 289,c4,body and interior mods. 1956 F-100 460,c6,9" major body mods, on going project. 1967 Mustang Fastback, father/son project 5.0,5spd,9". 1975 F250 4x4 Highboy 390,4spd,35",custom paint. 2002 Mustang v6,5spd, daughters college ride. 2001 Ford Escape, Wifes grocery getter.

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