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Subject:Re: Installing new shocks
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:00:19 -0700

Not really.  The little nuts at the top of the fronts might be problematic
in your climate if the protective caps were not filled with grease and
replaced.  Sawzall might help there...

On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 6:00 AM, B Feddish <bfeddish@netreach.net> wrote:

> My new shocks from the Bus Depot arrived yesterday and I am going to tackle
> that this weekend. I have been spraying the bolts on the old ones with PB
> blaster for a week now. Any words of advice on replacing the rear and front
> shocks?  The Haynes has the front shocks as a "three wrencher" in terms of
> difficulty, anything to look out for?
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan
>

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