davide

Jennifer was right! Helen and I are heading for Big Bend for a couple of weeks before returning for the Bluebonnet rally. Tonight however we are overnighting in Marathon and the road west (Hwy 90), just outside our window, was closed about an hour ago because of the wild fires in and around Fort Davis. We had intended to spend fives days in Fort Davis State Park. There may be some serious change of plan! We'll see. More to come.

I had a similar occurrence with one of my shocks when the lower nut loosened and fell off. The lower mounting bolt came out of the mounting plate and just hung there. There was no apparent damage to the shock itself and we drove several hundred miles with only three without problem. If fact I could not tell the difference. You can purchase a mounting kit, Monroe part no. P1134, which includes the upper and lower bushings and the nut, for about $1.75. In this area O' Reilly Autoparts is a Monroe distributor but they had to order them and shipping is not include in the price. I purchased two sets. Replacement is straight forward. The shock compresses quite easily, In my case neither of the brackets were damaged, and I used loctite on the thread when replacing the nut. Hope this helps, David E