Installing load adj. shocks, 94 Burb

Turtle n Peeps wrote:
Did you cut the strap that holds the shock closed before you put them on?

Just collapse the shock with your hands and wrap a small piece of cord around the top and bottom and put them on your truck.

Must be strong turtle to compress the Monroe load leveler

got it!!!!

jacking the body up leaving the wheels on the ground didn't work cause the wheels would start to come off the ground before the shock eye was in position.

Found a YouTube video showing that after jacking the body up as far as possible with the floor jack, then you place a small hydraulic jack between the top of the axle and body, then jack the body and axle apart which brought the bottom of the shock into alignment with the bracket. Worked great cause the bottom of the jack sat on a flat spot on top of the axle where it contacts the rubber bumper. The top of the jack fit perfectly to the side of the bumper on a ridge that fit the indentation in the jack top.

Had to watch to make sure I didn't stretch the brake lines too far. Just made it.

Floor Jack should work fine and allow you to put it right where you need it. A tire shop did that with mine when I lost a lower bolt on the road.

Turtle...guessing you've got way stronger hand/arms than I do...nitrogen filled is
what am assuming the OP has and they are very hard for me to re-compress

Normally, line everything up and have the bottom bolt ready to stuff into the bracket
hole as the shock extends...

Miss often and that is where my windsurfing gear comes in handy

Tie the top over a bracket/frame and lower end to the shock barrel end but not
in the eye/hole, as the bolt has to go in (been there done that with the rope
in the way...)

Then lower it by playing out rope to the block and tackle of my down haul setup

Monroe's, so maybe can be done with bare hands...but the stuff I've installed
took my whole body weight to compress when the shock is out of the vehicle that
first time I missed...

Did you cut the strap that holds the shock closed before you put them on?

Just collapse the shock with your hands and wrap a small piece of cord around the top and bottom and put them on your truck.

Bolt the bottom bracket first. Then jack the axle up to position the top of the shock.