Yes, I agree, but at the time I did not have one of those either... do now!!!!
Greg
Fred Schroeder wrote:
> If I ever find out who came up with the idea for air ratchets I'll kiss his
> butt and give him two hours to draw a crowd. It has to be one of the
> handiest tools I own. Works great for the previously mentioned mounting
> nuts.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Fred Schroeder
> Denison, TX
> SRL311-13359
> TDROC
> Reg e-mail sitsinwest@texoma.net
> Home page http://home.texoma.net/~sitsinwest
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vicki Burrows" <gregnvicki@earthlink.net>
> To: "David Totah" <dstotah@hotmail.com>
> Cc: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 11:31 PM
> Subject: Re: Shock Installation questions...help needed
>
> > I too remember spending hours under my car recently taking off those #@$%#
> lock
> > nuts one tick at a time. I was sooooo pissed off that I actually sprayed
> them
> > in starting fluid and burned the plastic out of them. There was NO WAY I
> was
> > gonna put them back on one tick at a time again. Then I used loctite to
> hold
> > them. They went on much easier. I think after that I went out and bought
> some
> > racheting wrenches... good stuff to have. Regarding the shock and
> compression,
> > I don't think you will have too much trouble... just make sure that you
> are
> > ready to aim the shock as it expands and you might get lucky and hit the
> mount.
> > Good luck!
> > Greg Burrows
> >
> > David Totah wrote:
> >
> > > Last night I printed the installation pages from the 311s.org site on
> how to
> > > install front and rear shocks. While it seemed easy enough, I quickly
> found
> > > out that it was in for a long night of work. I spent 3 hours getting
> the
> > > lock nut off the fram bolt at the upper fastening of the old shock.
> > > I placed the new shock on the upper bolt, but an thinking of replacing
> the
> > > lock nut with a regular nut and a lock washer. Any reasons I shouldn't
> do
> > > this.
> > >
> > > Secondly, The new shock is already compressed. I am planning on
> securing
> > > the upper part first and then cutting the compressing strap that is over
> the
> > > entire shock. How hard is it going to be to compress this new high
> pressure
> > > KYB gas shock to the point that I can place it in the old suspension
> hole
> > > and then secure the shock?
> > > Any tips on compressing the shock? I think someone mentioned that they
> > > wrapped the shock with duct tape to keep it compressed.
> > >
> > > If anyone has a couple free evenings to help me out this week, I will
> bring
> > > out the Bar-B-Q grill, season a couple of steaks/burgers/you name it,
> and I
> > > will cook it.
> > >
> > > I would appreciate any tips or hints.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Dave
> > > 69' SRL311
> > >
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