lowering bolt install?
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From: Central IL.
LMAO....You guys would not believe how I did mine!
I used a floor jack, 2x4, deep well socket and a metal pick.
Placed the deep well socket(don't remember the size, but large enough that the shock eye fit inside) on the floor jack. Then placed shock with eyelet inside socket on jack. Cut the 2x4 long enough to reach the center I-beam in garage. Place the board on top of the shock stud and jack up til you have tension on the shock. You only need to compress teh spring a very little. There is a small clip that has to be removed and the shock comes apart!
Make sure you set all of your parts on both shocks the same. Count threads. Also use plenty of loctite when putting them all back together.
Really not that hard!
I used a floor jack, 2x4, deep well socket and a metal pick.
Placed the deep well socket(don't remember the size, but large enough that the shock eye fit inside) on the floor jack. Then placed shock with eyelet inside socket on jack. Cut the 2x4 long enough to reach the center I-beam in garage. Place the board on top of the shock stud and jack up til you have tension on the shock. You only need to compress teh spring a very little. There is a small clip that has to be removed and the shock comes apart!
Make sure you set all of your parts on both shocks the same. Count threads. Also use plenty of loctite when putting them all back together.
Really not that hard!
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Joined: Jun 2008
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From: Connecticut
LMAO....You guys would not believe how I did mine!
I used a floor jack, 2x4, deep well socket and a metal pick.
Placed the deep well socket(don't remember the size, but large enough that the shock eye fit inside) on the floor jack. Then placed shock with eyelet inside socket on jack. Cut the 2x4 long enough to reach the center I-beam in garage. Place the board on top of the shock stud and jack up til you have tension on the shock. You only need to compress teh spring a very little. There is a small clip that has to be removed and the shock comes apart!
Make sure you set all of your parts on both shocks the same. Count threads. Also use plenty of loctite when putting them all back together.
Really not that hard!
I used a floor jack, 2x4, deep well socket and a metal pick.
Placed the deep well socket(don't remember the size, but large enough that the shock eye fit inside) on the floor jack. Then placed shock with eyelet inside socket on jack. Cut the 2x4 long enough to reach the center I-beam in garage. Place the board on top of the shock stud and jack up til you have tension on the shock. You only need to compress teh spring a very little. There is a small clip that has to be removed and the shock comes apart!
Make sure you set all of your parts on both shocks the same. Count threads. Also use plenty of loctite when putting them all back together.
Really not that hard!
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Joined: Feb 2008
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From: indiana
I had my lowered and inch and a half with bolts at the dealer also. took them an hour cost 70 dollars for the bolt kt and i believe it was 50 for the labor, unfortunatly no bar next door so I had to wait
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