Rear shock removal:
I loosened up the brake line from one of the arms (the one that runs the length of the car in the front) and moved that. From there I got the bottom bolt loose and kept the top connected, and basically banged the strut off the hub...voila, uncompressed spring, removed shock.
For the install, I wish I had pics...basically there's mad room up above the rear UCA FOR the UCA, so when the suspension is fully extended you can use that room to maneuver the shock. I connected the bottom bolt and again pushed the shaft below the top of the spring, then I put weight on the hub and got the spring in the cap, and I pulled the shaft up. Pizza pie. It's tougher with longer springs and probably impossible with stock springs (what was Honda thinking? Why have tension on a fully uncompressed spring????), but with a compressor it should be doable. It just sucks to use a compressor cause it takes up precious space...but whatever, it's all still doable.
Basically, keep the top hat connected in the car whenever possible and work with the bottom half...it'll save so much time. I can change my fronts in like 1hr on a good day.
I loosened up the brake line from one of the arms (the one that runs the length of the car in the front) and moved that. From there I got the bottom bolt loose and kept the top connected, and basically banged the strut off the hub...voila, uncompressed spring, removed shock.
For the install, I wish I had pics...basically there's mad room up above the rear UCA FOR the UCA, so when the suspension is fully extended you can use that room to maneuver the shock. I connected the bottom bolt and again pushed the shaft below the top of the spring, then I put weight on the hub and got the spring in the cap, and I pulled the shaft up. Pizza pie. It's tougher with longer springs and probably impossible with stock springs (what was Honda thinking? Why have tension on a fully uncompressed spring????), but with a compressor it should be doable. It just sucks to use a compressor cause it takes up precious space...but whatever, it's all still doable.
Basically, keep the top hat connected in the car whenever possible and work with the bottom half...it'll save so much time. I can change my fronts in like 1hr on a good day.
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