Hey guys could you point me to a link on how to remove the rear shocks on my 90 turbo2..Thanx for the help!

 

the same way to remove the front.

remove the whole strut/spring assembly.

compress spring.

remove/replace strut.

uncompress spring.

install.

 

Err...not really.

2 nuts under the rear speaker cover. 1 bolt on the inside of the shock at the very bottom. Undo those three, remove shock/spring. The rears are simple and take 5-10 minutes a piece.

 

I jacked my car up a couple inches from the ground by my diff. I unbolted the shocks and they fell out.

 

yup basically remove the speaker covers... two bolts up top and one on the bottom... basic stuff

 

thanx for the help guys i thought it was that easy just making sure.

 

Digging up an OLD thread hoping someone can help....

Once the assembly is off the car, hth do you remove the top nut if the piston rod just rotates with it?
I've tried it on the car with shock compressed and without, off the car with the spring compressed and without.
FSM says to loosen prior to spring compression, Haynes says after. Neither is working for me.
Thanks,
~j

 

are you using an impact gun?

 

if ur not using an impact ur not going to get anywere
and the spring should most DEF compressed, and the assembly should most DEF be off the vehicle!!

ive seen ppl break theyre jaw doing this with a uncompressed spring, and heard of ppl dying.
and i can only imagine what could happen trying this on the car

 

Thanks guys, y'all rock.
~j

 

It might help to break the top nut if you go after it with the spring uncompressed first. I actually seem to recall there isn't a lot of spring compression with the strut out and extended - I'm pretty sure when I still had the factory springs on it that I undid the nut without compressing the spring, and by the time it was unthreaded, there was almost no tension left on the spring, although you'll still need to compress it to put it back together. When I undid it without compressing, I finished it with the spring under my foot on the lawn to keep it put. There was a small amount of tension on the spring still, but the top keeper and the strut did not go shooting away. If you're going to put the factory spring back on though, you might as well compress it first to be safe.

 

If your trashing the dampers just put some vice grips on the shaft to keep it from spinning when removing the nut.