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Shocks and Struts
Shocks and struts are important parts of a vehicle’s suspension. Shocks are designed to absorb the impact, while struts support the load of an object such as the chassis of a car. These components are designed to soften the ride.
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How do you change front shocks on a 2007 Chevy silverado 1500 LS 2 wheel drive?
You first need to jack up the front you are working on from the lower ball joint. Then you only need to unscrew the top mount nut and remove the 2 lower mounting bolt and slide the shock out the bottom of the lower control arm. Reverse the procedure to install the new shock. Repeat the steps on the other front corner.
What is the cost for a strut replacement in a Kia Sephia?
The cost for the strut replacement in this car can range between $50 and $200+. It will depend on the brand of the part, and if a person does it on their own.
How can you tell if the struts on your vehicle need replacing?
The "bounce test" always works for me. Push repeatedly on the front of the vehicle until you can get it moving up and down several inches, then quit pushing and watch. The vehicle should only continue moving for just one "cycle" (up then down or down then up) If it moves much more than that, the struts are bad. Also, visually check the struts. If they are damaged, leaking oil pr the bushings are coming apart, that's good sign that they need to be replaced.
What does it mean when someone goes into shock?
Doctors define shock as "circulatory collapse," when blood pressure dips too low to maintain an adequate supply of blood to the body's tissues. Symptoms include cold and sweaty skin, weak and rapid pulse, irregular breathing, dry mouth, dilated pupils, and reduced flow of urine.
I'll translate that for you guys down here.
Symptoms translation: it means your blood pressure drops too low to get the blood going through your body. your body gets cold and you sweat alot, your pulse (heart-beat) gets really fast and weak, so if you put your fingers to their rist to feel their pulse (heart-beat) you can barely feel it but its really fast.
You breath either realy fast, or you take quick breathes and then slow breathes.
This one is easy 'your mouth gets dry' an example is: no saliva in your mouth.
Your pupil would get really big.
And last is that you either dont have to pee as much, or you cant pee.
The amount of time car struts will last depends on the brand and the type of vehicle. The average life of car struts is 50,000 miles.
How hard is it to change the front upper strut mounts and bearing at home?
DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS AT HOME, IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND YES YOU CAN TAKE YOUR HEAD OFF IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING. I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE GET KILLED TRYING THIS. TAKE IT FORM SOMEONE WHO HAS 28 YEARS EXPERIENCE.
Another Answer:
Whoever posted that last answer, RELAX! I've been a mechanic for over 35 years and I have never seen anybody "get their head blown off." Considering you are only taking the strut out long enough to put the mount in, maybe a total moron who couldn't even tell you where the dip stick is on his car would get killed by trying to change a strut mount. My 19 year old son can do it, so I would suggest against trying to scare people out of it. Anything mechanical can be dangerous. If you don't know that or know the risks, then you shouldn't own a car.
How do you use strut in a sentence?
It's a verb (like walking proudly), and a noun (a building component), so depending on your context, something like "Johnny struts arrogantly around town, we all hate him" or "That building's struts aren't strong enough to support King Kong, someone get Faye Dunaway out of there".
How do you replace the front shocks on a 1996 Chevy Astro?
The shocks are very easy to replace. You have 2 bolts holding the bottem on and 1 on the top. Remove the from wheels. You can use common ratchet set. Don't take to shop. Replace them yourself. Will take no more than an hour with an unexperienced mechanic.. The rear are the same, except do not remove the wheel. Easy stuff.
Do you have to get a rear end alignment after replacing struts?
you should have a 4 wheel alignment done
What is the main difference between front and rear suspension on vehicle?
The front suspension is steerable.
Springs generally do not need to be replaced unless they are broken, Now on ford taures's the rear springs always break. But your car I would suggest you reuse them unless ofcourse they are broken this way you can save yourself about $2-3 hundred dollars.
If you are only lowering the car 1.5", you will most likely not need new struts or a camber kit immediately. (But this depends on the spring, if it is a very stiff spring it may be too bouncy without enough damping)
However, even if they are usually not a necessity, something better than OEM struts would probably be a very good idea eventually if you are lowing your car. Usually short stroke and/or adjustable struts are what you would need depending on what you will be using the car for. Short stroke would make the suspension have less travel in the downward direction, meaning if you put your car on a lift, the tires would not hang down as much. With lowering springs, the car's suspension travel in the upward direction is usually decreased by a similar amount to how much you lowered the car. So if you had 8" of travel before you would only have 6.5" after a 1.5" drop, but that is not always true, and shortening the bump-stops will usually give you that travel back, along with removing the fender liners.
At that much lowering though, the camber increase will be minimal and keeping up with your tire rotations should keep tire wear under control, slight negative camber can be beneficial (and look cool).
Also, if you have oversized rims there may be problems with clearance but that is another issue.
I cannot be more specific than this without knowing exactly what car is being lowered, and I suggest checking on a forum based on your model of car and see what other people have done.
How do you replace the rear brakeline in the 1988 Ford F150?
1 remove engine from truck 2 remove all tires 3 pull tranny 4 pull drive shafts 5 unbolt rear axle and jack up for clearance 6 dissconect all wiring to fuel tank and rear lights of truck 7 remove fuel sending unit and tank (be sure to purchase new fuel pump o ring seal and tank mounting straps for tank upon installation. 8 working inside the cab remove dash and rear window to gain access to the heater core. 9 remove carpeting and radio for clearance to remove the core. 10 remove core 11 as a safety precausion remove all under dash wiring and break pedal to simplify line replacement 12 it is especially important that you remove fuse box! 13 relace brake line 14 installation is the reverse of the removal
Some body is being a smart a** all you have to do is run the new brake line along the frame
What is the difference between a strut and a shock absorber and can they be used interchangeably?
The suspension spring absorbs energy and reduces vertical acceleration of wheel.
The damper stops the motion of the mass-spring system which would otherwise keep oscillating.
A bump stopper or jounce bumper or... there are hundred other names to this rubber / PU piece, prevents metal-to-metal contact and thereby the 'clang' produced when spring becomes solid.
A ball joint is a spherical headed screw. The head is inserted into a dome and the screw can articulate in a conical envelope when the dome is fixed.
A control arm or wishbone is schematically a triangular suspension link where one vertex is a ball joint (upper or lower) and the opposite side is a hinge joint. These link controls the wheel path when it articulates. There is usually an upper control arm and a lower control arm.
A shock absorber or coil-over-shox is a unit in which spring & bump stopper are arranged concentric (rather coaxial) with the damper to save space required for separate installation of each.
A strut is a coil-over-shox with additional degrees of freedom for steering the wheel (provided by a bearing which partially replaces a ball joint) and articulation of the wheel (provided by the top mount which doubles in as the upper wishbone / control arm).
A strut is thus, a combination of a number of suspension components viz. spring, damper, bump stopper, upper control arm and probably one ball joint.
A strut and a coil-over-shox are not interchangable. If you put a simple coil-over-shox in place of strut, you won't be able to steer the vehicle and if you do otherwise, the directional stability will be lost. A strut is usually used in front suspension and a coil-over-shox is generally a part of rear suspension.
Does a 1991 Lincoln Continental have both struts and shocks?
It may very well have shocks in the rear or it may have the Air Ride system. Crawl under the car and look see.
How much does it cost to replace struts and shocks on a ford focus?
If its a 2003 focus then I know they had a recall on them or something. Mine were free. But I do think I remember I think it had to be below 100k miles. Mine broke and luckly I went to the dealer and the told me about how they were free. If I would have went anywhere else they would have been about 120 something a piece. So I would call your local dealer and ask them!! Wouldnt hurt
How do you remove and replace front struts on a 2001 Toyota Sienna?
This is a job that requires a special tool and various hand and power tools. If you have access to a spring compressor as well as normal automotive tools it isn't all that hard.
start by raising the hood, removing the wiper arms, plastic cowl, wiper motor plug, and wiper motor/ cowl assembly.
next raise and support the front of the van, remove the wheels, caliper hose/abs wire mounts (where they attach to the struts), and the 22mm lower strut mount bolts.
remove 2 of the 3 upper strut mount nuts and while supporting the strut from the bottom, remove the last nut. this will allow you to pull the strut out from the wheel well.
if you're reusing the spring, strutcap, bearing etc., remove them from the old strut and reinstall on the new strut according to the instructions for the spring compressor that you're using.
installation is reverse of removal. a professional alignment would be recommended after completion.
How do you change rear struts - shocks - and coil springs on a Taurus - Sable?
"rears" 3 mount nuts in trunk for each strut - loosen
remove sway bar link from strut
pinch bolt on spindle housing loosen (careful likes to break) use heat "or" penetrating oil if necessary
Special tool is nice but a big pry bar and hammer will work to separate strut from spindle housing
"becareful of brake lines and abs sensors" will have to loosen support points
"fronts" same thing but mount nuts under hood
reverse procedure and have alignment done
Jaybird1980
Answer to revised question
Just by quick struts. It saves time and well worth the money.
Quick strut: NEW Strut, Spring, Strut mount, Spring pads already assembled and ready to put in. jaybird1980
Answerthere are three bolts on each side there in the trunk of the car centre of the wheel and there are to at the bottiom of the strut jack up the car and brace it good ( on stands )
drive safe
On the sable, you have springs/struts, not shocks. Pretty much the only reason you should replace is if a spring is cracked or the strut is leaking (or something in the mounting is broken). A lot of shops will tell you they are even if they aren't. Get a second opinion. But this is a huge issue on sables...
If you do need to replace them, do not attempt them yourself... unless you have a hydraulic lift and a torch. They're buggers to get off, really, and you don't want to be banging that car while on jack stands. It's hard work and if you get stuck in the job at home w/o the right equipment, you're pretty much up a creek.
The cheapest route by far is to order a "quick strut" from monroe. Half the money you get charged is for mechanic's time disassembling and re- the whole mess (again, don't do yourself unless you are very handy and have the right equipment. A stray spring could kill you). Quick struts come as one assembled unit, spring and strut, and just need to be installed. Make sure to replace them in pairs. With parts and labor you should be paying around $500. If higher, you're getting scammed. Cheers.
There are three nuts on the top of the strut that are barely accessible from inside the trunk, one small bolt that holds a brake line bracket, one very long swaybar link bolt, and one large bolt at the bottom that tightens a clamp onto the strut tube.
Remove the small bolt, the long bolt, and the big bolt, and you should be able to slide the clamp down the strut tube far enough to clear the end. Then remove the three nuts from the top and pull out the old strut. Installation is the reverse.
Things to watch out for?
Rust. Both of the big clamp bolts on this car were so rusty, the heads snapped off when I was trying to turn them out, even with PB Blaster and torch heat liberally applied. I spent an hour working the second one back and forth, trying to keep it from breaking. I got it to come out about 3/4 of an inch, and then it snapped. I ended up just blowing the bolts out with the cutting torch and putting in a similarly-sized grade 8 bolt and locking nut. The swaybar link bolts also snapped off, but those are much easier to remove.
Corroded brake lines. One of the brake lines was rotted enough to start leaking as soon as I flexed it a little, that still needs replacing. I have the leak stopped at the proportioning valve on the rear axle, but for the moment there's no RR brake.
Proceed with caution, or save yourself the trouble and push it into a lake.
The rear seat bottom and back need to be removed then lift the package tray up to expose the nuts that hold the strut on the top. The bottom is held with the pinch bolt.
How do you get the bolt out of bottom arm on strut?
You need to say type, or make and model, we are not mind readers.
How do you know if it is your CV joints going bad or a bad ball joint?
A worn CV joint usually makes a click-click-click sound, especially when turning. A worn ball joint is more likely to clunk in a turn. Also, in the case of a worn ball joint, if you jack up the suspect wheel and grasp the tire at the top and the bottom, you should be able to move it back and forth with a bit of a clunky feel.
How much would it cost to replace shocks and struts for a 1998 Toyota Camry?
I have a 97 Toyota Camry and was told it would be anywhere from $1000 to $1600 depending on whether I wanted top of the line struts or not.
