REAR SHOCKS top bolts rusted together!

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I have sprayed them with WD40. Any other suggestions?

[rudar]

There are penetrating oils out there even better than WD-40. Moovit, PB Blaster, or a variety of other names. You spray those on, tap the bolt with a small mallet so it makes a nice ringing noise (the vibrations help the oil penetrate). Then you leave it a couple of hours, and repeat. After a few days of oil-ring-soak cycles, get a solid handle for your sockets (i.e. one that doesn't ratchet), and get a four-foot steel pipe that slips over the handle.

Another option is to get a propane torch. Heating and cooling cycles will both help the penetrating oil penetrate, and if you heat the nut part more so that it expands a tiny bit more than the bolt part, that can help loosen it.

If you can get at the bolt, and it's big enough that it's not rounding off in your socket, and it's not covered in oil and other things that might burn, those should deal with run of the mill rusted togetherness.

If it's covered in engine oil and rounded off and in tight spots you can't get to, then you have problems The advice I've been receiving on some bolts that are all of the above, is to buy a new car...

[ranger88den]

rudar has given you good advice. Also make sure to have a fire extinguisher on hand. If bolt is rounded, I have had good luck with craftsman bolt extractors (also works on nuts). They have spiral reverse flutes that grab the rounded edges of the nut/bolt. If you have a particularly difficult time removing the nut, thread the nut off and on a little while applying penetrating oil almost like tapping a thread to remove the cuttings but you will allow the lubricant to penetrate further while removing dirt/rust. Good luck, don't give up, and don't buy new car, you can fix this one.