Am I late to the party on this?

[MasterofDisaster]

So I tried a 7/32" wrench on the piston rod on my rear shocks. The weirdo wrench shattered before I could torque down the shocks upper nuts. An adjustable wrench didn't work so great, and vise grips were about to tear it up. Turned out what I needed was


Used that and a torque wrench on a crow foot wrench, and I had no problem torquing down my rear shocks upper nuts.

I guess I could have found it at AutoZone or some such, but Bezos gave it to me that day after I ordered it.

I had never seen this tool before. Any of you brothers/sisters?

 

[Samos3]

Back in the day there was a tool similar but for wrenches. I had one. Worked great until the flats at the top of the shock sheared off inside it.

 

[Samos3]

This one:

Lisle Shock Absorber Tool 20400 | O'Reilly Auto Parts https://share.google/GjF98UnNKALhmzKnd

 

[MasterofDisaster]

Lisle Shock Absorber Tool 20400

That's cool. Looks a little more complicated.

 

[MasterofDisaster]

Back in the day there was a tool similar but for wrenches. I had one. Worked great until the flats at the top of the shock sheared off inside it.

That would be ugly indeed.

I'm a little surprised no one -as far as I can tell- makes a box end wrench in that weird 5.5x7.5mm oval.

 

[Samos3]

That's cool. Looks a little more complicated.

It's not really. It's for some older cars, like Mustangs, that have upper shock mounts that are recessed. The inner piece goes on the odd shock stud flats, the outer fits the nut that screws onto the shock stud.
Great idea....unless the nut and stud are corroded.