Wow, hard work, I yust ordered new shocks for my ´93 Dakota. Hope it goes a little bit better than changing them on a 2k Dakota.
BTW: the coil springs I ordered at www.coilsprings.com are on the way to germany (2" lower and 25% stiffer).
Stebel
also lowered and soon much more lowered
>
>
> Well, First let me say that I'd like to never have to do these again. The
> only one that wasn't too difficult was the FR, it just unbolted like it
> should have. The LF on the other hand took about 3 hours and a trip to the
> gas station for a 12-pack afterwards. For some ungodly reason, the nut
> became bonded with the shaft of the shock... what's so weird about that you
> might say??? well, an impact wouldn't move it, i tried to grab the shaft and
> hold it in place and that wouldn't do it either. It also took me 3 cuts
> with a nut splitter to get the darn thing off because of that little washer
> that's attached to the nut. Grrr!!
>
> Now i move onto the rears... the left side wasn't too bad other than the
> fact that a 9 million pound gorilla installed these shocks. the right side
> was considerably harder, the upper bolt head was facing inside, with that
> nut with the "tab" on it on the outside. Now, that might seem pretty easy
> to get at to you all, but let me tell you that the exhaust heat shield as
> well as the pipes are blocking 90% of the access to this bolthead. To top
> it all off i'm doing this in my driveway laying on my back under the truck
> and have a spring perch looking me in the eyes. If there wasn't that tab on
> the nut, i would have been able to go at it from the oustide with my impact
> and been done. thought about flipping the nut, but there's nothing for the
> tab to hold onto on the inside...
>
> When everything was said and done i took it for a drive and immediately
> noticed a difference. The difference became very apparent on the bumpy roads
> on my way to work. I'm very pleased with these shocks! I'd recommend them
> to anyone.
>
> --
> - Josh
> Lowered 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L
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