99 Au front shockies

[dazza00]

Hiya,,,just wondering if there is much involved in changing the front shockies on a series 1 Au falcon or is it best left to a mechanic.

cheers Dazza

[ronwest]

Welcome to the forums ;)

GK has a nice how-to here:-
http://www.fordforums.com.au/vbporta...article&id=313

Have a read and you can judge for yourself whether you want to tackle it (it's an easy job in the scheme of things)

[hendoau99]

i've done it twice and it's a bit of a pain the first time but the next time round it's fairly easy. watch your knuckles though....

[Day-mow]

Is got an au3 so not sure if there is much difference but it seemed to easy when I did my springs.

[GK]

Originally Posted by ronwest

Welcome to the forums ;)

GK has a nice how-to here:-
http://www.fordforums.com.au/vbporta...article&id=313

Have a read and you can judge for yourself whether you want to tackle it (it's an easy job in the scheme of things)

I would also undo the swaybar. I don't think I did that last time.

GK

[JC]

Originally Posted by GK

I would also undo the swaybar. I don't think I did that last time.

GK

Yep, you'll need to do that so you can force the lower arm down to give you enough wiggle room to wiggle the shock/strut assembly out.

[hendoau99]

Originally Posted by JC

Yep, you'll need to do that so you can force the lower arm down to give you enough wiggle room to wiggle the shock/strut assembly out.

i learnt that the second time round....

[ronwest]

I used coil spring compressors ($20 from Supercheap) which meant I only had to undo both ends of the spring/shock assembly.

[futura97]

Originally Posted by JC

Yep, you'll need to do that so you can force the lower arm down to give you enough wiggle room to wiggle the shock/strut assembly out.

I've never needed to undo the swaybar, and can still get the shock out easy enough. As long as you remove the lower shock mount bolt on both sides, then the sway bar won't hold up the arm.

Thats my personal experience anyway...