I noticed oily residue on the lower control arm of my 36 pickup street rod. Upon closer look it appeared the coilover shock was broken. It had a kink in the middle of it.

After getting it up in the air I could see that the disk that keeps the rod centered had come out of the shock tube. The photo below is after releasing the top mount so it looks centered but you can see the threads that should be inside the tube.

I backed off the spring tension and got the top mount released. Now I can't get the bottom off. The mounting bolt goes through the lower control arm, shock and sway bar end. The bolt turns freely, the shock moves freely but the bolt won't come out. I'm thinking the sway bar might be binding it but I don't know where to start to release that tension. I tried a jack under the control arm but that didn't help.

Sorry about the picture sizes. I don't know how to make them smaller.

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