Removing front shocks the easy way
#1
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Removing front shocks the easy way
I spent 4 hours on my driver's side shock but I figured out the easy way and the passenger's side took 20 min. Here's how I did it. First, you must decide whether you are going to keep your old shocks- if you are, keep looking, I can't help you. Now that that is out of the way, take out the following tools:
Procedure:
My suspension was terrible before I installed new shocks. Turns out the front passenger's side shock was blown.
- Socket wrench
- 22mm socket
- 22mm box wrench
- foot long socket extension
- propane torch and lighter
- BFH (big hammer)
- 4 feet of steel pipe
- WD40
- angle grinder and metal cut-off wheel
Procedure:
- Spray the 22mm nut and bolt on the bottom of the shock
- Attach the socket and extension to the back of the bolt
- slide the 4' peice of pipe over the socket wrench
- slip the 22mm box wrench over the nut on the front
- light up the torch and heat up the nut for a couple minutes and keep spraying the nut with WD40 (there's going to be smoke and flames here)
- after the nut is heated, take the box wrench with two hand and holt the 4 foot pipe down with your foot
- the nut should loosen off, so undo it
- now that the lower end of the shock is undone, cut the stud off the top with the grinder
- now install the new shocks- I used medium strength threadlocker on both the upper and lower nuts. The upper nut I tightened until it compressed the rubber bushings about a centimetre (10mm)
My suspension was terrible before I installed new shocks. Turns out the front passenger's side shock was blown.
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It shouldnt be that hard, and you shouldnt have to spray wd-40 on it while heating it. what is that supposed to do? cause a fire?
took me less than an hour to do the fronts, and i didnt destroy the shocks.
you need something to hold the shock body, while you undo the top bolts, as well as a torch, and a decently sized 3/4 inch ratchet or breaker bar.
took me less than an hour to do the fronts, and i didnt destroy the shocks.
you need something to hold the shock body, while you undo the top bolts, as well as a torch, and a decently sized 3/4 inch ratchet or breaker bar.
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My shocks had been on there a long time and were not coming off by undoing the top nut. As I said, I knew at least one was blown due to the ride, so I wasn't interested in saving them. The WD40 seemed to get sucks between the nut and the bolt when it was hot, so why not. The flames weren't a problem.
Now we'll see how difficult the rear shocks are. I am using Procomp ES3000s.
Now we'll see how difficult the rear shocks are. I am using Procomp ES3000s.
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