I am trying to remove the front shock absorber and cannot remove the nuts which connect to the ball jounts top and bottom.
-there is a vertical plastic strut from the roll bar to the flange on the shock and ther appears to be no way of stopping the ball joint turning and therefore not able to remove nut.
Also on rear shocks nuts securing top and bottom are locknuts with what appears to be metal sleeve rather than nylon and extremely hard to remove with conventional spanners.
-I am reluctnat to force any harder in case i damge the threads.

dom, April 2009

what size was the allen key pls

jock, April 2013

below the thread is a tapered bit so you have to either clamp it togerther or put a jack under the ball joint just enough to stop it turning. as for the nut s you need a 6 sided socket which is not too slack

catdave, May 2009

There should be a allen key or torx in the centre of the drop link screw. This will hold the screw while you try to remove the bolt. I did mine yesterday.

Rob, April 2009