Suspension turret change

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tombardier

tombardier

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Greetings. Pressure washed the truck the other day and found she's got a hole in one of the suspension turrets. I'm going to change them both, and was wondering if it was an easy job. I think the plan is to jack 'er up under the axle, axle stand under the chassis, lower the jack down a bit, disconnect the shock, top and bottom, and then the coil at the bottom, and then lower the axle down properly before doing the nuts on the turret rings, then it just lifts off? Is that about all there is to it?

Sounds simple, but then it does until you end up having to **** around trying to get each and every nut and bolt off....
 
tombardier said:
Greetings. Pressure washed the truck the other day and found she's got a hole in one of the suspension turrets. I'm going to change them both, and was wondering if it was an easy job. I think the plan is to jack 'er up under the axle, axle stand under the chassis, lower the jack down a bit, disconnect the shock, top and bottom, and then the coil at the bottom, and then lower the axle down properly before doing the nuts on the turret rings, then it just lifts off? Is that about all there is to it?

Sounds simple, but then it does until you end up having to **** around trying to get each and every nut and bolt off....
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i'd just do the highlighted in red bits. unless you snap a turret ring bolt or two
 
I'm intending to do that for sure! I'd love to replace my springs and shocks as well, but perhaps when I've got some more cash. I think they're the originals, and 22 years is a good innings, but I think they could do with being refreshed now :)
 
I'm not likely to be able to pay for springs for a while, not with my list of things higher in priority. Seeing as there's nothing actually wrong with my spings or shocks as such, but one of the turrets does have a big rust hole :(
 
If there original Tom you might find that the shocker nuts have rusted Solid ( all the **** gets trapped around the nuts ) , when I did mine they where like that , ended up just cutting the lot off with a grinder . Mind you I was replacing everything anyway :D .

Park your landy next to mine and you'll see how much your spings have sagged over the yrs :) .
 
If you are not planning to change your dampers now and IF you get them off in one piece, plaster every thread in copper grease when reasembling,so that when you do come around to changing them.(and it'll be two years before you know it!) then the job will be so much easier.
 
Well, I bought an air compressor today, so I'm definitely not buying new shocks, and I'm definitely not buying new shocks if I'm not buying new springs to go with 'em, and I'm definitely not buying new springs, so I'm probably not gonna buy new turrets yet either :D

Maybe over the next month or two I'll look at saving a bit for a full replacement set :)

cheers for the help guys, and sypher, I'll take you up on comparing our pieces soon LOL! :p
 
Hi, I have to do a similar job. The top nut, it's nyloc, will it come undone with an impact wrench (air) or is there a way to hold the shock still to undo the nut?
 
sypher said:
If there original Tom you might find that the shocker nuts have rusted Solid ( all the **** gets trapped around the nuts ) , when I did mine they where like that , ended up just cutting the lot off with a grinder . Mind you I was replacing everything anyway :D .

Park your landy next to mine and you'll see how much your spings have sagged over the yrs :) .
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+1 for rusted solid if the original 22yr ones. Check the protruding thread on the top of the shock before you start. If it looks good enough to take a new nut, then get stuck in with an angle grinder.
The nuts on my turrets were barely recognisable as nuts. More rounded lumps of flaky rust :) Few signs of flats! Cut them off, cut the top of the turret off around the shock then carefully cut the nut off the shock without damaging the thread. New turret on and new nut on top of shock. As already said, plenty copper slip on so that they will come off easily when you can change the springs and shocks.
 
The nut is fine, I just want to know the best way to keep the shock from spinning so that I can undo it.
 
Radds said:
The nut is fine, I just want to know the best way to keep the shock from spinning so that I can undo it.
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I seem to remember using one of those bike chain jobbers you get for taking oil filters off, I was renewing to shocks so I cut the thread off that protrudes through the nyloc nut on top of the shock just so I knew it would undo easier
 
Most shocks have a flat on the bit sticking out of the top a gripper or spanner can go on to get you started or an allan key socket.
 
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