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I'm speaking from personal experience, I used an impact gun to disassemble my units. The shafts spun, all four shocks blew inside three days.
I since purchased replacement shocks, and created a tool to uninstall and reinstall.
I welded a 3/8 extension to a 14mm and one to a 17mm socket. Directly on the side of the socket. This allowed me to use the Allan keys welded to a threaded rod extension for leverage, you need two, as the shaft hex is larger in the front than it is the rear.
With a 1/2" to 3/8" step down and a breaker bar attached to the extension/socket creation, Insert the Allan key through the open socket, and slowly apply pressure. Slowly as not to cause an unexpected jerking motion. Same works for assembly, use a large tq wrench for a smooth even sweep.
I don't have any pics of the tools I made, but I can PhotoShop some kind of drawing of what I mean.
I will reiterate.
If you intend to reuse the stock shocks, do not allow the shaft to spin in the cartridge. Some may get away with it, but it will 100% work if you are cautious with the shaft. Giggity.
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