any thread/debris in the threads on the bolt???


If it was cross threaded, I would buy new bolts AND run a properly sized tap in and out of the hole. arguably, if a new bolt can be threaded into the hole without issues- only using light finger pressure- you might not need to run the tap.


Are those OE shocks? Or were those replaced previously? on occasion lower struts and control arm mounting bolts can fool you going back in. You are muscling the parts and dont notice the resistance isnt the parts but rather you are crossed...just saying.