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Old Jun 28, 2007 | 08:57 AM
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Glad I'm not the only one who struggled fitting shocks! Fronts were really easy, rears did the same as Rakaric, the tab just bent and spun. After all that, the rears now have a knock when going over bumps due to poor tolerances between the eye and the bolt. Ride is good though (Edlebrocks) I wouldn't buy them again.

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Old Jun 28, 2007 | 12:15 PM
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yea i second air tools they make work soooooo much easier
 
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Old Jun 29, 2007 | 04:21 PM
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yea i second air tools they make work soooooo much easier

I have a small compressor. What would be the choice for my first air tool. The ratchet, or impact wrench?
 
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Old Jun 29, 2007 | 04:24 PM
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Looking at the pic's... Those tierod ends look like the nut is rusted on. I hope if you plan on doing them, you get the right tools.

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and 2 more..

and as for the end result...took a little joy ride....holy **** is all I can say. MUCH smoother ride.

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Old Jun 30, 2007 | 03:21 AM
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that sucks that it took so long... I did a shock swap on my wifes old 2002 dak, put on some edelbrock IAS's and they performed well.
 
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Old Jun 30, 2007 | 11:59 AM
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yea i second air tools they make work soooooo much easier

I have a small compressor. What would be the choice for my first air tool. The ratchet, or impact wrench?
i would go w/ the impact wrench the ratchets have very little power by comparison, and most of the really hard to get to spots ud be better off using a breaker bar and ratchet to get lose so if you only want one id say the impact wrench

but also i think my dad got his set from MSC (dont ask what it stands for, but its a high quality harbor freight basically) and his set includes a set of US sized impact sockets an impact wrench and a impact ratchet, i would go that route if you could, i think their website is MSC.com, but ill double check and change it if its not correct
 
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Old Jun 30, 2007 | 01:01 PM
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Thanks!


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ORIGINAL: shrpshtr325

yea i second air tools they make work soooooo much easier

I have a small compressor. What would be the choice for my first air tool. The ratchet, or impact wrench?
i would go w/ the impact wrench the ratchets have very little power by comparison, and most of the really hard to get to spots ud be better off using a breaker bar and ratchet to get lose so if you only want one id say the impact wrench

but also i think my dad got his set from MSC (dont ask what it stands for, but its a high quality harbor freight basically) and his set includes a set of US sized impact sockets an impact wrench and a impact ratchet, i would go that route if you could, i think their website is MSC.com, but ill double check and change it if its not correct
 
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