How do you remove Fox rear shock bushings?
5-Piece Flanged Bushing
- Carefully remove the black Delrin spacers with a small flat driver.
- Use a socket and your soft-jawed vice to push the pin out of the flanged bushings.
- Remove the o-rings and replace if necessary.
- Use a small punch or other similar tool to drive out the flanged bushings from the center.
How to remove and replace shock absorber bushings?
Remove the worn out bushings by any suitable way. Remove the metal spacers, if any, applied to the shock absorber. Clean the thrust washers and spacers from rust and dirt. Rate the degree of wear and damage to these elements. Replace if necessary.
What should I do to my shock absorber bearings?
Clean the thrust washers and spacers from rust and dirt. Rate the degree of wear and damage to these elements. Replace if necessary. Clean the bushings’ bearings of the on the shock absorber, body and suspension. Compare the diameters of the bearings, thrust washers, spacer and new bushings. Make sure of right choice of the bushings.
How do you lower the rear suspension bushings?
To get to your suspension bushings, you’ll need to lower the entire rear suspension assembly. If your car or truck has independent rear suspension, you’re in luck because you only have to remove one side at a time, and probably don’t have to disconnect a brake line. The steps are similar regardless of suspension type.
How do you remove the shock from a car?
Loosen and remove the nut from the top of the shock absorber. Reach in through the wheel well and pull the shock out of the car. Remove the shock bushings and metal plates from the top of the shock. On most cars there are two rubber bushings about 1 inch in thickness. Some shocks have three.
What to do when your rear shock absorber is worn out?
If you’re not sure of the condition of a bone-dry shock, just disconnect it from the bottom mount if possible (or remove it completely if it’s on studs). Then slowly compress the shock (even low-pressure gas shocks will be easily compressed). If you feel any lost motion (“looseness” or unevenness), the shock is worn out.
To get to your suspension bushings, you’ll need to lower the entire rear suspension assembly. If your car or truck has independent rear suspension, you’re in luck because you only have to remove one side at a time, and probably don’t have to disconnect a brake line. The steps are similar regardless of suspension type.
How do you Drop the rear suspension on a car?
With the car suspended safely, disconnect the rear shock absorbers at the bottom, then remove the bolts involved to drop the rear suspension. Check carefully to see if you’ll need to disconnect your rear brake lines to drop the suspension. If you miscalculate, you can always stop mid-drop to remove the lines.
How do you remove a shock from a suspension?
Use a socket set or a nut splitter to disengage the nut that connects the shock to the suspension, and remove it from the bolt. If there isn’t enough room to operate the splitter, you can apply penetrating solvent.