Rear upper Shock Bolt backed Out

[maronha]

So, I serviced my rear differential Friday. That all went well. While lying under the truck taking the cover off, I happened to notice that my right rear shock upper bolt had backed all the way out and was just hanging on at an angle. Surprised I didn't lose it. Most of my driving is pavement so that probably helps. Guess I didn't torque it right back when I did my shocks in November 2023. I was able to jack it up and reinstalled the bolt.

[mikeyk101]

It's good you caught that before the bolt got lost!

[maronha]

5 hours ago, mikeyk101 said:

It's good you caught that before the bolt got lost!

 

The bolt was pretty well lodge in there thank goodness.

[Gregory Krisa]

i would place some locktite on it i had the same issue but torqued it properly the first time but then a month later i completely lost the bolt and the replacement i found from my work was a bit to long and even when i put red locktite on that it still backed out and i ignored it thinking there is no way it backed out with red locktite. 

[maronha]

On 3/23/2025 at 1:28 PM, Gregory Krisa said:

i would place some locktite on it i had the same issue but torqued it properly the first time but then a month later i completely lost the bolt and the replacement i found from my work was a bit to long and even when i put red locktite on that it still backed out and i ignored it thinking there is no way it backed out with red locktite. 

That nuts. I thought about that but didn't have any when I did it. This time I over torqued it a little. I will pick up some Loctite and keep an eye on it.