Tips on rear shock replacement needed!!!!!!!!!!
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Racer
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Tips on rear shock replacement needed!!!!!!!!!!
Got my Edelbrocks today..Gonna replace all four this weekend...Front ones look pretty straight forward but any tips on dismounting and remounting the front and rears will be greatly appreciated...trying to save as many knuckles as i can...........thanks!!!!!!.....Found a good price on the edelbrocks>>>>77.00 a piece for the rears and 119.00 a piece for the fronts. :cheers:
Drifting
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Re: Tips on rear shock replacement needed!!!!!!!!!! (24power)
They are easy to replace. Get the car up on jack stands and take the wheels off for the easiest access. I use anti-sieze on the bolts/threads when installing the new ones. You will be much happier years down the road when you need to change them out again. I just changed the 10 yrs. old shocks on my van (this thing has been through 10 Minnesota winters mind you) and the nuts/bolts came right off. I'm glad I used anti-seize on them 10 yrs. ago. Good Luck.
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Re: Tips on rear shock replacement needed!!!!!!!!!! (Bob86ZZ4)
The rears are actually easier. Once the car is in the air and you are putting the new front shocks in, you may need to jack up under the hanging suspension to get the bottom bolts started. Should take you two hours or so.
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Re: Tips on rear shock replacement needed!!!!!!!!!! (Bob86ZZ4)
take the wheels off for the easiest access.
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Re: Tips on rear shock replacement needed!!!!!!!!!! (24power)
On the rears the upper end of the shock is attached to a small plate. The plate is attached to the car with two bolts. Take them out, take the lower nut off and off the come. I reattached the top first and then used a jack to raise the suspension to realign the lower end. The whole thing went smooth except I had to use a hack saw to cut one of the front shocks off. If not for that I think I would have spent more time putting the car on stands than I did on the shocks. Have fun.
