"Protective caps"? That must be a West Coast thing. ;)

I think the shocks on my van were the ones that VW put on in '83...

Bryan

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From: Jake de Villiers [mailto:crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 11:00 AM
To: B Feddish
Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Subject: Re: Installing new shocks

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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Jake

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