Thread: Installing front shocks ... problem

kev,
not sure what mods you have done to the top but that is how i have changed mine in the past removing the tower. bit of wriggling has always got it out.
if your not using spring compressors try putting the bottle jack between the axle/chassis and push the axle end down you are working on, might give just enough to remove the spring and shock. easier with spring compressors though.

Have you tried using the d2 jack between the top of the diff and under the chassis .

I had a similar issue when I did my fronts, couldn't remove the tower completely, easiest way I found was to put a ratchet strap on the shock and compress that and use spring compressors on the spring, there is plenty of space to get the strap onto the shock and compress it from the top, then compress the spring until you can remove it, pull out the spring and then unbolt the shock top bolt and remove that, easy when you have done it!

I believe removing the crossbar will allow the struts to be lowered further and allow them to clear the guards. (I compressed the springs instead). Keep trying Kev !

Originally Posted by Fluids

Slunnie says he drops it all out from below. OK .... I disconnected the sway bar, and dropped the axle out until the prop shaft hits the crossbar .... nope.

Remove the crossbar. It's only 8 bolts.


The strut towers can be a rear pain to get out through the top. I have done this before but it was crud and required a crowbar to encourage it.

How easy was that !

LHS done ... time for a bite to eat.

Compress the springs a bit with the ratchet straps (after unbolting the brake/abs lines from the lower spring perch - making room for one of the ratchet straps levers), then jack the diff down ...
(seems the tailshaft wasn't on the crossmember like it looked, but it's close) ... and then lift the spring out .... pop the shock up the tower, sit the spring back in, release the bottle jack & then jack the axle up to contain the spring then release the ratchets straps. I couldn't believe how easy that was

Dinners finished ... Going to do the otherside now ...

The official remove/refit procedure was revised in 2005. There are a number of differences, including undoing the outlet hose on the turbo.

LT204-002 - Discovery II - Method Change: Front Damper Renew
TOPIx - 204 Suspension

Originally Posted by OffTrack

The official remove/refit procedure was revised in 2005. There are a number of differences, including undoing the outlet hose on the turbo.

LT204-002 - Discovery II - Method Change: Front Damper Renew
TOPIx - 204 Suspension

... now he tells me

Can't access that info/link Paul ... ??