rayhunt
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hi just wondering if there are any guides for replacing the front shocks .
guide for front shock replacment
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bigbob3000
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Hey mate, I'm pretty new to the forum, and to my Accord to be fair, I'm not to replacing shocks on cars though.
I'm going to do it on my Accord soon, It should be very similar to most if not all cars.
2/3 very big, and most of the time coroded bolts on the bottom, attached behined the disc, to the hub. Then 3 smaller nuts on the top of the strut, called the strut mount, wich is accesable under the bonnet.
The big bolts behind the disc, and accsesable normaly with the wheel off are some of the worse bolts to remove from a car, I cheat, I use air tools, and its gone with a 'whizzzz'.
You dont have access to a air compressor and tools, is lots of elbow grease and even more penetation fluid.
After the big nuts have gone, its such an easy job.
Also, if your changing springs, and keeping the struts, your gonna need spring compressors to hold the spring, while the strut mounts taken off.
I'm going to do it on my Accord soon, It should be very similar to most if not all cars.
2/3 very big, and most of the time coroded bolts on the bottom, attached behined the disc, to the hub. Then 3 smaller nuts on the top of the strut, called the strut mount, wich is accesable under the bonnet.
The big bolts behind the disc, and accsesable normaly with the wheel off are some of the worse bolts to remove from a car, I cheat, I use air tools, and its gone with a 'whizzzz'.
You dont have access to a air compressor and tools, is lots of elbow grease and even more penetation fluid.
After the big nuts have gone, its such an easy job.
Also, if your changing springs, and keeping the struts, your gonna need spring compressors to hold the spring, while the strut mounts taken off.