Omega Owners Forum

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

News:

Search the maintenance guides for answers to 99.999% of Omega questions

Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Rear Shocks  (Read 1507 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Craig_R

  • Omega Knight
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Watford
  • Posts: 1244
    • View Profile
Rear Shocks
« on: 15 June 2007, 18:10:53 »
Hiya Chaps

How hard Is it To change the rear shocks I have a set now I just need to put them on.

Do I need a compression tool of any kind.

Craig
Logged
Mod's
LPG, MV6 Dark Grey Leather, Carputer, Euro Grill, Rear Sun Blind,  Auto Dip Mirror, Cruise Control, AMP for Carputer
[To be Fitted]Reverse Sensors

Dazzler

  • Omega Baron
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Haverhill, Suffolk
  • Posts: 4198
  • Drive it like you stole it......
    • View Profile
Re: Rear Shocks
« Reply #1 on: 15 June 2007, 18:18:38 »
Piece of cake, no special tools, no need for spring compressors. 2 bolts 1 at the top inside the car and 1 underneath. Job done ;)
Logged
Big jobbies now finished.....Now running on LPG

Craig_R

  • Omega Knight
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Watford
  • Posts: 1244
    • View Profile
Re: Rear Shocks
« Reply #2 on: 15 June 2007, 18:48:17 »
Thanks I thought it was not to hard  :y :y

Craig
Logged
Mod's
LPG, MV6 Dark Grey Leather, Carputer, Euro Grill, Rear Sun Blind,  Auto Dip Mirror, Cruise Control, AMP for Carputer
[To be Fitted]Reverse Sensors

TheBoy

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Brackley, Northants
  • Posts: 107023
  • I Like Lockdown
    • Whatever Starts
    • View Profile
Re: Rear Shocks
« Reply #3 on: 15 June 2007, 22:05:46 »
it is easy, as long as the lower bolts aren't seized. Stick penetrating oil on them before...
Logged
Grumpy old man

Timbuk

  • Omega Baron
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Telford
  • Posts: 3706
  • owned a Datsun 120y once!
    • View Profile
Re: Rear Shocks
« Reply #4 on: 15 June 2007, 22:11:44 »
Did TheOlodians with him a month or two ago, they are very easy ;)
Logged

Admin

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • 0
  • Posts: 2595
    • View Profile
Re: Rear Shocks
« Reply #5 on: 15 June 2007, 23:03:09 »
As Jaime says.... if the bottom bolts release ok, then they are easy.

Spray lots of penetraing oil on them and say a silent prayer!  :)
Logged
The Administrator.

Craig_R

  • Omega Knight
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Watford
  • Posts: 1244
    • View Profile
Re: Rear Shocks
« Reply #6 on: 16 June 2007, 15:00:11 »
Well Stuck penetrating oil onlast night and tried this morning to remove the bolts and not a dicky Brid no movment at all  >:(
I might not be strong enough need a wheely Gun Really to Shock Them off  >:(

Looks like Ill have to go to a garage to get them removed not a happy bunny

Logged
Mod's
LPG, MV6 Dark Grey Leather, Carputer, Euro Grill, Rear Sun Blind,  Auto Dip Mirror, Cruise Control, AMP for Carputer
[To be Fitted]Reverse Sensors

hotel21

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • The Kingdom of Fife
  • Posts: 13021
    • View Profile
Re: Rear Shocks
« Reply #7 on: 16 June 2007, 15:58:20 »
Plusgas, tightfitting ring spanner/six sided socket and tommy bar, used in conjunction with a good weight of Sid Snot lump hammer.  

I normally give it a couple of skelps to tighten first as it seems to make them easier to unscrew afterwards.....   :y
Logged

Robin Hood

  • Intermediate Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Nottingham
  • Posts: 265
    • View Profile
Re: Rear Shocks
« Reply #8 on: 16 June 2007, 17:00:07 »
When I did my rear adjustable they where so tight on the bottom having already removed the bolts, I had to hack saw the shock from the bush and remove the bush with a knife.  This just left the inner sleeve which I drilled and inserted a bar for more leverage.  Got there in the end but took a while.
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »
 

Page created in 0.016 seconds with 16 queries.