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On 05/21/2007 22:56, Chris Reck wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've done my shocks numerous times. The rears are very easy. No need for
> jacking or anything. For the lowers, just need two wrenches (or a socket
> and a wrench) to undo them. The uppers, just a socket on the bolt (OEM on
> my trucl has a special nut with a tab that stops it from spinning).
'03s have this "self-stopping" nut as well. Took me a while to figure it
out the first time I encountered it.
>
> For the fronts, you may be able to do without the jack stands. Just take
> the jack and lift the frame till the tire is off the ground. Then take an
> amount of 2x4 (laying flat) until the stack reaches the control arm. Lower
> the jack until the shock just starts to compress. Undo the bolts and you're
> set.
>
> The pain is compressing the shocks so that the bolts will slide in. I found
> the best way was to take a open-ended wrench, wedge it against the ground
> (open end under the shock), and slide the wrench up until you can get the
> bolt in.
It's that "compress the shock" part that's a lot easier if you can let
the suspension go to full droop.
> I hope that this helps and that 2003 trucks are not much different than
> 1999.
Not noticeably. I changed shocks on both my '99 and my '03 and they were
pretty much the same.
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