car has just failed on its rear shock, has anyone ever replaced this, it cant be that hard surly??

I have checked and svens guide is for the front, anyone got a guide for the back?

Cheers

Mike

A very simple job indeed. Only thing to watch out for is not to drop the top bolt,(screws into a captive nut). You will never get it out . When replacing this I used a telescopic magnet, It's strong enough to start the bolt into the thread

I dropped a 15 inch socket into that captive hole, is there no way at all to get it out? obviously without cutting your car into bits

Kris

I never tried it but the telescopic magnet might reach it. the magnet needs to be on something solid or it will just stick to the side

iece of piss, just done it. I didnt need to worry about losing the nut, there is a plastic round thing covinging the holes, all i did was undo the bottom one so there was no pressure undo the bottom one and then hold the shock up while taking the nut off with a socket (greece in the socket) and it came out woo hoo, 26 quid instead of 90!!

Cheers everyone