First off, I did a search and came up flat on this one.

 

I have my new GR-2s and was assuming that this would be straight forward.

 

What I'm finding is that the nut holding the lower end of the shock in place is stuck. If only I had a lift and the space to put a 5 foot long breaker bar on the end of it!

 

From there I got to wondering if the spring doesn't need to be compressed? If these are shocks, I assume that the springs are not under load, but if they're more strut like, then I would need to compress the spring and that would help take tension off of the nut and bolt on the bottom.

 

I think I noticed a little black body filler button what seems to be in the right spot to remove the nut on the top of the shock. Assuming I'm correct on that, once I get the bottom, the whole thing should drop down and replacement will be the reverse.

 

Am I even close? If anybody knows of a thread that would better explain it, please point me in the right direction!

 

Thanks.

is the stuck nut holding you up? if so just hit it with some heat. even a small propane torch does wonders. heat the nut only, not the stud. this will expand the nut enough, then immediately hit it with a wrench.

 

those propane torches are awesome for this, very portable, cheap and effective.

I'm not sure, is the nut the only thing holding me up? I have no problem hitting it with heat assuming I have the rest of the procedure pretty close to correct.

 

The torch ain't far from the car!

 

Also, I hit it with some PB Blaster. Perhaps after 24 hours it's had some time to work its magic.