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Re: Rear Shocks 200 1988

posted by  someone claiming to be Kirk on  Mon Nov 20 03:07 CST 2000 [RELATED]

I just did my rear shocks. It was a breeze and I am new to the four wheel wrenching world. I got some great advice from this group. This was my method and it took less than an hour. 1) use a jack and remove the wheel. 2) Place a jack stand under the hub and leave the jack in place. 3) hit the bolts with a penetrating lubricant spray (PB is a brand I think I used), I think it's a 19mm bolt by the way. 4) Crank the bolts off, don't forget there is a spacer on the bottom one. 5) Remove shock and notice just how bad it is and how smart you are. 6) Compress the shock. 7) Install at top first. 8) Use the jack, I used a hydraulic, to lower/raise the position to get the bottom bolt and spacer in. 9) Tighten the bolts and admire your work.

Good luck.





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