How long to change rear shock absorbers on ROD, both sides done in 35 minuets.As these on a J are fixed with a nice bolt and washer both top and bottom. Its an easy job. Yes I know there is still plenty of cleaning and painting to do on ROD's chassis.
I painted the shockers white so they would show up in the pictures. As you can see there is plenty of room both top and bottom to undo the two bolts and change the shock absorbers easily.
On a standard van the floor bracing timber gets in the way of the top fixing and if its a JB version vehicle it has the later split pin and washer fixing so you have to take the whole fixing bolt out. This took me over 45 minuets to remove just one shock absorber from OBL and take the whole assembly into the garage to clean up and remove the split pin.
Sorry about the quality of the pictures but not a lot of room for a camera and inspection lamp.
I painted the shockers white so they would show up in the pictures. As you can see there is plenty of room both top and bottom to undo the two bolts and change the shock absorbers easily.
On a standard van the floor bracing timber gets in the way of the top fixing and if its a JB version vehicle it has the later split pin and washer fixing so you have to take the whole fixing bolt out. This took me over 45 minuets to remove just one shock absorber from OBL and take the whole assembly into the garage to clean up and remove the split pin.
Sorry about the quality of the pictures but not a lot of room for a camera and inspection lamp.Any way ROD has now nice new shockers on the rear and just a few more small jobs before I take the plunge and drive him on the open road to the local MOT station.
Has any one heard from Tinworm or Trumans? their blogs have died again.
