Best way to R&R Rear Shocks

[Buzzard2]

Going to be replacing my rear shocks what is the easiest or preferred method for doing this job?

Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[Turbo95max]

Its pretty simple. There is a bolt on top and bolt on bottom. Some people prefer to do one at a time and some people will just unbolt both shocks and do them together. Make sure you support the rear axle before unbolting both shocks.

 

[Buzzard2]

Its pretty simple. There is a bolt on top and bolt on bottom. Some people prefer to do one at a time and some people will just unbolt both shocks and do them together. Make sure you support the rear axle before unbolting both shocks.

Do you need to jack it to full droop or just use a bottle jack to get the bottom bolts to line up?

 

[MTF]

The shocks are a little longer then full droop, but getting the old ones out is very easy.
Putting the new ones in is a little harder (because the nitrogen is full) if you don't wont to scratch up the anodizing.
I used a very hard piece of wood and made a wedge to pry the top of shocks back in place.

If you have enough jacks and stands, then you could just remove a shackle bolts replace shocks and then jack the axle back up to bolt the shackles.