We're going to show you how to remove and replace your rear shocks. Now these shocks are specific to the four wheel drive torsion bar style trucks, however the process for replacing them in the two wheel drive or coil sprung style should be very similar, as well as being similar to the same generations of Ford Explorers. If you like this video, please click subscribe. We have a ton more information on this truck as well as many other makes and models.
If you need these parts for your vehicle, you can follow the link down in the description over to 1AAuto. Here are the items you'll need for this repair: mm sockets, ratchet, socket extension, mm wrenches It's not necessary to raise and support your vehicle in order to replace your rear shocks however we've put our truck up on the lift to make it easier to show you what's going on.
We're going to show you how to remove the passenger side here where the bolts are on the front of the axle at the bottom, as well as in front of the rear axle up at the top there on the frame. However, the driver's side procedure is exactly the same, although the shock is a mirror image of the one we're working with over here. Using an 18 millimeter socket and ratchet on the nut and a 15 millimeter wrench on the bolt or vice versa, remove the bottom shock bolt.
You may have to work the bolt back and forth a little bit to get it out of that bushing. Using an 18 millimeter socket ratchet and extension, remove the nut on the top of the shock at the frame.
Pull the bottom of the shock out of the axle, and you can use it to work the top bushing back and forth off of its stud and to remove the shock from the vehicle. If you're installing your shock absorber with the weight of the vehicle on the tires, you may try to install it as it comes here with this strap on it.
Once the bolts are in, you can cut the ends here. Otherwise, if you're installing them at full length like we are, you'll want to compress the shock and remove the loop, allowing it to extend all the way out, at which point we'll install the top back over its stud. The bottom may have to be compressed up a little and dropped into its opening. Install the washer. Install and tighten down the upper retaining nut. Tighten the nut until the rubber insulator is pressed out to the same size as the washer.
Replace the wheels and install the lug nuts if you removed them. Snug down the lug nuts. Raise the Ranger, remove the jack stands and lower the Ranger to the ground. Tighten the lug nuts. Place wheel chocks in front of each front tire. Raise the rear of the Ranger and support with jack stands on each side of the axle at about the middle of each axle tube.
It is not necessary to remove the wheels. Remove the upper shock mount nut and washer. Note the position of the washer. The cupped concave side of the washer faces the shock. Remove the lower shock mount nut and washer. Remove the lower shock mounting bolt. Pull the shock out of the lower mounting bracket. Remove the top of the shock from the mounting stud. Push the upper end of the shock onto the mounting stud. Install the washer and nut but do not tighten down yet.
Push the bottom of the shock up and into the lower mounting bracket. Install the bolt, washer and nut. Tighten the lower nut. Tighten the upper nut. Robert Bayly, based in Apple Valley, California, began writing in , his "how to" articles can be found on eHow.
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