The rears are dead easy! You just use a garage jack under the rear trailing arm,
thus keeping the spring compressed. Then there are two bolts, on upper and one
lower. I guess, if you are stubborn enough, you could do it without jacking up
the van.

PerL
87 Syncro 112i

"Carrington, Tom" wrote:

> I've replaced the front shocks on my Van, and I'm hoping to get to the rears
> sometime soon. The procedure for the front shocks is online at:
>
> http://volksweb.relitech.com/frshocks.htm
>
> TomC
> tcarrington@relitech.com
> http://volksweb.relitech.com
> 85 Vanagon Crew Cab
> 82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion
> 65 Notchback
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Lucas Alves [SMTP:loukaz@HOTMAIL.COM]
> > Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 10:55 AM
> > To:   vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject:      Vanagon Shock&Spring Replacement
> >
> > Listees,
> >
> > Having never attempted to replace springs or shocks in the vanagon before,
> > I
> > figured I'd check with the list on what exactly the procedure entails.
> > What
> > tools are going to be necessary?  How long should the job take?  Does
> > anyone
> > have a procedure posted somewhere, and if it is not too much to ask are
> > there any pics? ;)
> >
> > Salute,
> >
> > Lucas C. Alves
> > loukaz@hotmail.com
> > '81 Vanagon
> >
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