Shocks and Struts

No, shocks are designed to dampen the rebound from the suspension and not provide support for the vehicle. The exception would be air shocks. These are generally used in the rear of a vehicle to support an unusually heavy load. You would not want to achieve a "lift" with these. Replacing suspension springs (coil, leaf, torsion) is how to get your SUV higher. However, this causes different geometry for the drivetrain and requires research to do it right.

A strut brace, a.k.a. strut tower brace or strut bar, is a simple bar bolted to the top of two opposing strut towers. It ties them together to form a more rigid single unit. It is often found as standard equipment on higher-end vehicles. A car's strut towers normally flex during hard cornering or when hitting a bump, some say up to a quarter of an inch. This flexing can cause traction loss as well as some rattles. The strut tower brace distributes the pressure applied to one strut tower to both towers keeping the suspension settings the way the engineers designed them. This should improve handling, tire wear and metal fatigue is minimized in the strut tower portion. When asked about suspension modifications, Larry Nissen (a BMW Tech) said. "I would start with a good strut brace, it may help the handling a little now but where you will get your money back is three years down the road when your car is still as tight as it is now".

1.2H each if I do it. Book time may be different.

Yes all g shocks are water proof my bro said they were i look it up and there it was yes so go in the shower with them wash dishes with them go in the pool sea any thing watery:)

IF YOU UNDER THE CLOCK AND ABOVE THE G.... IT SATS "WATER 20BAR RESIST"

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You'll need a coil spring compressor. Jack up the rear end. Remove rear tire. Open the rear trunk - remove rubber cover / locate the "three" mounting bolts to the assemby. Remove lower mounting bolt on strut. Remove strut assembly -caution ... it's under a lot of pressure from the coil spring. Remove the OLD strut from the assembly. To replace the new strut, you'll need to compress the coil spring as much as possible. Re-assemble the strut to the mounting hardware. Push the "three bolt" assembly through the trunk mount and tighten. Re-attach the lower mounting bolt to the strut.

Be advised "under a lot of pressure from the coil spring." Is a serious understatement. You need a special tool to compress this strut and attempting to disassemble strut without the tool locking it in could result in SERIOUS injury or even death.

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Striking a curb, hitting a pothole at higher speeds. Defective Tire. Striking a curb, hitting a pothole at higher speeds.

1996 Explorers do not have front struts. They use torsion bars as springs that require special tools to remove and conventional shock absorbers that are easy to remove.

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Repair, as in replacing worn ones or fixing broken ones? You really should get the "Bently" manual for your year bug as it could be dangerous if done wrong. You basically have to compress the outer coil spring with a compressor to disassemble it to get at the strut cartridges. It's do able if you know what your doing but best left for the shops to do. Any of the parts stores usually still sell the strut cartridges. Just make sure you find out what month the car was made as some items on the Beetles were changed mid year so if they need that info you will have it on hand.

Struts are a suspension design that diminishes the problems associated with an "un-sprung mass".

The un-sprung mass is the mass of the wheel, tire axle and whatever else follows the road surface.

The vehicle floats along on the springs, hopefully making a smoother, more comfortable ride. When a tire hits an uneven part of the road surface, the mass/inertia of the vehicle causes the springs to deflect, allowing the tire to move over the surface of the road imperfection while, hopefully, not transferring too much vertical acceleration into the vehicle.

Here's where the struts come in:

Struts are a lightweight version of the shock absorber/suspension/spring assembly.

Once the spring deflects, the wheel goes up. The spring of the strut is still pushing down on the tire/wheel assembly and once the vehicle is past the road imperfection the tire will be pushed back down. Now the un-sprung mass has vertical inertia.

With inertia of the the un-sprung mass comes the potential for harmonics, meaning that the un-sprung mass will bounce.

Struts and their predecessors "shock absorbers" dampen out the harmonics caused by hitting such road imperfections. By minimizing the bouncing of the wheel, the driver is better able to control steering and stopping.

There is quite a bit of confusion about what struts and shock absorbers do in a vehicle and while the struts are a combination of a shock absorber and a shock absorber, most of the time people only replace the central shock absorber part of the strut.

For more information go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacPherson_strut

While there are disadvantages to a Macpherson Strut suspension, one of the major advantages is that a vehicle with a single wishbone ends up with a lower "un-sprung mass"

Those have shocks on them. I replced the rear ones on my '97 a while back. Those were pretty easy. I haven't tried the front ones yet.

my rear diff went and my mechanic was able to rebuiild for 800.00 brand new I found for around 2000.00

Oddly enough, it is the hood latch that has rusted. This is a common problem with Trailblazers/Envoys. GM did not coat the contacting metal latching surfaces. Simply apply grease to the hood latch surface (on hood hardware) that contacts the locking base (on vehicle frontend hardware).

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How long does it take to change a front coil spring on a Peugeot 206

some times you will never . but also they get replaced when they leak or have no bounce control.

I did this not too long ago on my '92 Tempo GL.

The steps should be the same: 1) jack up the car under the frame..not the suspension

2) remove the wheel

3) remove the (2 or 3) bolts that connect the strut to the suspension

4) get inside the trunk and remove the carpetting. it's a bit of a challenge and wears ya out quick! remove the OUTER 2 BOLTS ONLY. don't even touch the inner cause that holds the spring in place which is under a heck of a lotta pressure.

5) take out the strut assembly

6) if you plan to keep the old spring with the new strut, then use a spring compression tool and remove it from the strut

7) line up the spring in the new strut and put it together

8) release compression tool when strut is secured safely and correctly

9) line in up back into the rear well and only start the top 2 bolts (this way you have some play in the strut to get it back together.

10) then line up and bolt in the suspension or whatever

11) then tighten those 2 bolts at the top from inside the trunk

12) try to get the brake drum as vertical and as close to "normal" as possible

13) put the wheel back on

14) let the jack down. Congrats..you're half way done. Just so ya know it would about make a preacher cuss if you don't have the right tools. IMPORTANT!!! -->make sure you have an alignment done or it will eat up your tires. most people think that just cause they are the rear wheels they dont need it, WRONG! they need it just as much as the front wheels. If you're interested, visit either www.tempotopaz.com or ttowners.com

I'm a part of both car sites, there is A LOT of info on these 2 sites!! HOPE I HELPED..

Try Autozone...Pep Boys.....but if there are no aftermarket manufacturers then you will have to go to a dealer unless you want to chance a salvage yard or trying Ebay.

Unlikely. The bumps on your skull are being caused by something other than playing on the computer. You should see your Doctor.

you cant change the front shocks on the trailblazer without a spring compressor because on a trailblazer they all have struts and they have to be compressed down

I believe you can simply use a deep 9/16 1/2 inch drive socket on a long extension and put the socket on the nut on the shock and simply rock the bar back and forth and break the nut off and the shock will drop down.

The same air pressure is applied to both air bags so they should lift the same amount, however when the weight in the car is removed and the ride height is too high, the control unit opens the solenoids to vent some air. If the control unit only sends the vent signal to one solenoid or the wiring to one of the solenoids is bad, then only one would vent so the other side would stay high. Check wiring and connecters. If the air system is ok, it will still lean if of the car is heavier on one side or if one of the front springs is weak or broken. These are just guesses and I am assuming the limo is the same the cars I am familiar with. .

If the car does not have "air ride", Look for a broken spring, low tire pressure or a bad strut.

A broken Leaf spring would cause it to lean to one side.

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Depending on what type of suspension you have (torsion bars, coil springs, solid axle,leaf spring, etc. It could be a worn spring( leaf or coil), broken torsion bar, or a broken steering knuckle .

A 1988 Lincoln Towncar has shocks in the front.