Swapping over rear shocks, quick question.

[Paddy_g46]

Does the rubber mount/washer type thing ontop of the shock come off? I have a set of replacement shocks that have no mount on the top but when I took my old shock off the car I couldn't remove it to swap it over? Any ideas?

 

[Fred@BTM]

man up

 

[Paddy_g46]

man up

LOL! I was going to go chicken oriental on it with a club hammer and bolster but it decided against this in case I f**ked the old shock beyond use and still couldn't get it off leaving me with a jacked up car missing a shock lol. So are you saying it should come off? I think I am just going to buy a set of these anyway (looks like it comes with new mounts):

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Genuine-Renau...CarParts_SM&hash=item2a0fd48215#ht_730wt_1139

 

[DrR]

They come off really easy!

 

[Paddy_g46]

They come off really easy!

:S I actually gave it a few fairly hard cracks with the lump hammer and bolster and couldn't get it to shift even 1mm! it would spin and turn but just need shift off! As I said I didn't want to go mental on it in case I left myself stranded with a broken shock!

 

[Paddy_g46]

Does anyone know if brand new parts from renault come with a new set of these "top mount" things or will i need to beat my old 1's off? :S

 

[clancy]

probably need to get the old ones off, have you undone everything ? it should be really easy

 

[Dunn]

Breaker bar

Socket

Done

 

[Paddy_g46]

Breaker bar

Socket

Done

How would this work?! Just incase everyone is not understanding me, im talking about the rubber mount that lives on the strut and sits under the car not the rubber mount thing inside the car under the cap.

Anyway, the brand new 1's I am picking up have new parts on them.

 

[montana]

do you have a picture?

 

[Paddy_g46]

do you have a picture?

no, but basically on the shock you have 2 washer type things, 1 that sits inside the car under the 16mm retaining nut and 1 that sits under the car directly ontop of the shock (it slides over the sliding bar) well its the 1 underneath. As said I bought a brand new set from renault yesterday so it doesnt really matter anymore but out of interest.