If I ever find out who came up with the idea for air ratchets I'll kiss his
butt and give him two hours to draw a crowd. It has to be one of the
handiest tools I own. Works great for the previously mentioned mounting
nuts.
Best regards,
Fred Schroeder
Denison, TX
SRL311-13359
TDROC
Reg e-mail sitsinwest@texoma.net
Home page http://home.texoma.net/~sitsinwest
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vicki Burrows" <gregnvicki@earthlink.net>
To: "David Totah" <dstotah@hotmail.com>
Cc: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: Shock Installation questions...help needed
> I too remember spending hours under my car recently taking off those #@$%#
lock
> nuts one tick at a time. I was sooooo pissed off that I actually sprayed
them
> in starting fluid and burned the plastic out of them. There was NO WAY I
was
> gonna put them back on one tick at a time again. Then I used loctite to
hold
> them. They went on much easier. I think after that I went out and bought
some
> racheting wrenches... good stuff to have. Regarding the shock and
compression,
> I don't think you will have too much trouble... just make sure that you
are
> ready to aim the shock as it expands and you might get lucky and hit the
mount.
> Good luck!
> Greg Burrows
>
> David Totah wrote:
>
> > Last night I printed the installation pages from the 311s.org site on
how to
> > install front and rear shocks. While it seemed easy enough, I quickly
found
> > out that it was in for a long night of work. I spent 3 hours getting
the
> > lock nut off the fram bolt at the upper fastening of the old shock.
> > I placed the new shock on the upper bolt, but an thinking of replacing
the
> > lock nut with a regular nut and a lock washer. Any reasons I shouldn't
do
> > this.
> >
> > Secondly, The new shock is already compressed. I am planning on
securing
> > the upper part first and then cutting the compressing strap that is over
the
> > entire shock. How hard is it going to be to compress this new high
pressure
> > KYB gas shock to the point that I can place it in the old suspension
hole
> > and then secure the shock?
> > Any tips on compressing the shock? I think someone mentioned that they
> > wrapped the shock with duct tape to keep it compressed.
> >
> > If anyone has a couple free evenings to help me out this week, I will
bring
> > out the Bar-B-Q grill, season a couple of steaks/burgers/you name it,
and I
> > will cook it.
> >
> > I would appreciate any tips or hints.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dave
> > 69' SRL311
> >
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