Installed a new damper
After 13 years I figured my original Ford branded steering damper needed to be replaced. Now of course a 15 minute job became a hour job Because the top mounting bolt did not have enough clearance and...
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DrewE wrote:
I remember a similar problem when doing the steering damper. Jacking up the corner of the vehicle is the solution, and it's not too hard. Note that this doesn't mean jacking up with the usual jack points for changing a tire, since those are on the I beams for the axles and lifting them doesn't appreciably change the position of the suspension components relative to each other; instead, jack the frame, the solid part of the axle assembly, or something similarly beefy and independent of the suspension.
Changing the front shocks is not a lot of fun, but it's certainly not at all impossible for a DYIer...it's mainly just that there is not great access to the top mounts for wrenching on things. (Paying for any parts is never fun, it goes without saying!)
Most videos I have watched show that the guy doing the shocks cut the old ones off at the top instead of messing with the inevitable rusted nuts
