Yea yea yea! i know...i really wanted to a long time ago. i just kept putting it off. Well my dad got tired of me bitching about them so he bought them for me since i helped him with his Dak...Plus i want to start being able to tow my aunts boat for her and don't think it would be safe with stockers on a country road.
and i will put some PB Blaster on the bolts
Thanks for your help...
Tim Althoff
www.yllwdkta.ocm
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From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net on behalf of andy levy
Sent: Mon 10/13/2003 8:08 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Cc:
Subject: Re: DML: kyb shock install suggestions(all this talk about broken bolts)
Tim Althoff wrote:
> Ok, I have a set of KYB shocks for my 99 dakota that I will be atempting to install this friday. I have a questionsabot the install. Should i purchase some bolts ahead of time? Do i have to purchase the bolts from a dealer or can i replace them with a high quality bolt form the hardware store? Also, since my shocks are stock and it's now been almost 5 years, do i need to spray any PB blaster on the bolts before i try and get them off?
>
> any other suggestions?
PB blaster will definitely help. And a breaker bar. I used all the
original hardware, except where the shocks came with new parts (only the
upper front mounting hardware).
As far as tips & such (I can't believe you're still on the originals,
Tim!), check out the FAQ item I wrote up 2 years ago. Please feel free
to send me any changes to acommodate a 2WD - I wrote for 4WD because
that's all I have handy.
http://faq.dakota-truck.net/Chassis/gen3_change_shocks.html
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-andy
http://home.twcny.rr.com/andylevy/dakota - andy-dml@levyclan.us
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