Shock Changes - Questions

[Quentin Z]

Both are fairly simple, though you'll need a torque wrench for the front to get the bolts to specs. I used "feel" for the rears.

For the front, remove the three bearing nuts on top, then the three bolts at the hub. No need to compress the spring on coilovers. Getting the nut off the shock is tricky unless you have an impact wrench. make sure when you install the new KYB cartridge that there is no up and down play in the tube. If there is, drop large washers in the bottom to make up the difference. I've also heard to recheck for play over time, and add washers if there is any. You will have to trim the sides of the new bearing (if the old ones were trimmed) before you reinstall (see pic). To reinstall start with the top nuts, torque is something like 16#, but I did have a small enough torque wrench, so I just used feel. You'll need a 1/4" drive torque wrench for the bottom three (I think 78#, but not sure).

The rear are too simple. Remove two bolts, replace two bolts. I even did mine with the wheels on, just had to jack up the frame a bit to be able to reach the top bolts over the tire.