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| Author: | Se7enLC [ Sat Oct 29, 2011 11:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Quick help needed - where to jack rear end? |
I just installed new shocks installed on a shop lift I was using, but I got the bolts swapped accidentally. I need to fix it in my driveway - where do I lift the rear end from? to get the weight off the springs? I can't use the differential or axle to lift from, right? I tried lifting from the frame, but the floor jack kept sliding and looks like it even dented it a bit. |
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| Author: | TAHOE [ Sat Oct 29, 2011 2:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Quick help needed - where to jack rear end? |
You should be able to lift the frame right in front of where the rear lower control arms bolt into. I just help do a lift, we jacked from rear end, put jack stands right on frame rails . Not sure why you can use rearend, shocks should collapse enough to slide into mounts. |
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| Author: | Se7enLC [ Sun Oct 30, 2011 12:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Quick help needed - where to jack rear end? |
Before I got a chance to do it, the snow started, and it's a mess outside. I'll just go back into the garage on Monday and do it again. $4/hour to rent a stall with a lift and tools, this place is awesome! If only I had any idea what I was doing... - Does it make sense that getting the top and bottom bold swapped would cause the shock to go "clunk clunk clunk clunk"? There's not much else I could have done wrong, and I can visually see the difference between the left side and right now that I'm looking for one. |
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| Author: | TAHOE [ Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Quick help needed - where to jack rear end? |
I guess you could have, but top bolt was longer and had a thicker shoulder on it I think. Did you get them tight enough? Just a lose bolt will cause some clunck. |
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| Author: | Se7enLC [ Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Quick help needed - where to jack rear end? |
TAHOE wrote: I guess you could have, but top bolt was longer and had a thicker shoulder on it I think. Did you get them tight enough? Just a lose bolt will cause some clunck. Yeah, that's what I noticed different between the left and right sides. On the right side (the one that clunks), I can see more bolt extruding through the nut. I cranked them down pretty tight while I had it up on the lift, and when I was only about a mile away and it was clunking, I stopped and cranked it as much as I could without taking the wheel back off - that's when I noticed the bolt discrepancy. I'll swap out the bolts tomorrow if I can get in to use the lift again, hopefully that's all it is. Too wet and gross to do it in the driveway now. |
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| Author: | audiboy86 [ Sun Oct 30, 2011 11:03 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Quick help needed - where to jack rear end? |
Mine clunked to for awhile and then i tightened the bolt down couldn't been more then about 2 threads out. So if you swapped the bolts yes one is shorter then the other one and missing a few threads could easily be the source of your clunking. |
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| Author: | TAHOE [ Sun Oct 30, 2011 2:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Quick help needed - where to jack rear end? |
I didn't think about the length, you may have maxed out the threads using the long bolt on the bottom and it can't pull the mount tight thus you clunking. |
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| Author: | Se7enLC [ Mon Oct 31, 2011 2:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Quick help needed - where to jack rear end? |
Swapping the bolts back fixed it right up. I'll pay better attention next time I try to do my own maintenance! |
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