No special tool is really needed for the front shocks as you can hold of the
top of the piston rod with a crescent wrench, open box end wrench, or vise
grips once you get the nut below it.
Ken
<shanec@SPIE.org> wrote in message
news:E5DA1AF314C7D2119D5E0008C75D85A905E6F161@smtp.spie.org...
>
> >how easy is it to replace the shocks myself?
>
> Pretty easy--you just need a special tool for the front shocks (don't know
> the name) but it holds the center rod while you tighten down the nuts. I
> installed Monroe Sensatrac shocks all around on my 92 4x4 in about an hour
> and I love them. They are way better then OEM, especially if your shocks
> were blown like mine. Good luck!
>
> Shane Craven
> Bellingham, WA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Fitchett [mailto:fitchett@chem.utah.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 1:37 PM
> To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> Subject: DML: Re: RE: Re: Need New Shocks
>
>
>
> While we are on this subject... I also need some new front shocks.
> apparently the DoeschTech shocks up front didnt even last for 2 years. i
> never really noticed them being shot because i have been riding my
> motorcycle all summer and now that its too damn cold in Utah to ride, i am
> back in the Dak.
>
> Question: how easy is it to replace the shocks myself? they arent load
> bearing so you could really do it just by getting in there and swapping
them
> out, right?
>
> Just for others' information there are a number of shocks for under $50
> apiece at truckperformance.com (as per saint's post). I also need them
to
> be inexpensive... graduate students are the most underpaid but highest
> technically skilled people i know....
>
> Brian
> 98 CC V6, gibson exhaust, quick-d intake
> 02 Yamaha V-Star 650 Classic (for sale if anyone is interested)
>
>
> "Stlaurent Mr Steven" <STLAURENTS@MCTSSA.USMC.MIL> wrote in message
> news:5F7587961057D211ABE9004095102F7803C5B048@ex.mctssa.usmc.mil...
> >
> > I had to agree with Hop on the Monroe Sensatrac.
> >
> > I have them currently installed on the Astro Van (rear) and the ride
felt
> > better than OEM GM product when new.
> >
> > Mark, it is a coilovers shock design that has different settings.
> >
> > --------------------------------------
> > Steven St.Laurent
> > C4I System Engineer
> > Engineering Branch, PSD, MCTSSA
> > MARCORSYSCOM, U.S. Marine Corps
> > Office (760) 725-2506 (DSN Prefix: 365)
> > "<SNIP> Though, reading through history fables,
> > some would claim the City of Damascus is the oldest
> > city in the world. I thought it was Enoch, grandson of Cain,
> > who founded the city of Enoch long before this city was
> > ever resurrected from the dust bowls of the middle east."
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Hop [mailto:hopsdak@hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 12:13 PM
> > To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> > Subject: DML: Re: Need New Shocks
> >
> >
> > I had good luck with the Monroe sensatrac. They have a lifetime warranty
> and
> > they rode rather well.. Best part is that they were cheap.. --Hop
> >
> > From: "M Smith" <gtv684@hotmail.com>
> > > Anyone have any experience with SPORT RYDER SHOCKS from the AutoZone?
> Hey,
> > > for only $19.99 each will they be better then my stock Dodge shocks
with
> > > 95,000 miles on em! Or not?!
> > >
> > > Anyone out there have any better ideas.....I'm cheap so keep that in
> mind.
> > > No $100 Konis or KYB's for my truck please!! I don't autocross the
truck
> > or
> > > actively pursue mud pits! Just drive it......
> > >
> > > Thanks-
> > >
> > > Mark
> > > Valdosta, GA
> > > 95 CC 4X4
> > > 3.9L Auto
>
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