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Offline nipper

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front shocks
« on: January 12, 2013, 09:11:12 PM »
Help!! Do you remove shock towers under hood to replace front shocks on my 83 Eagle?
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Offline Amc1320

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Re: front shocks
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2013, 09:49:18 PM »
Yes,

Plus the two nuts at the bottom of the shock

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Re: front shocks
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2013, 09:57:41 PM »
I don't think you need to remove the entire shock towers.  You only have to remove the bracket on the top, along with the two nuts at the bottom.
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Re: front shocks
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2013, 10:33:02 PM »
Yes sorry, not the whole tower, just the black cap looking thing that has the shock bolt sticking up thru it, it's like 5 or six nuts and it comes right off

Spray paint it while it's off, makes it look new!
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Re: front shocks
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2013, 10:34:43 PM »
Quote from: Amc1320 on January 12, 2013, 10:33:02 PM
Spray paint it while it's off, makes it look new!

Good idea!
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Re: front shocks
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2013, 10:37:51 PM »
It looks like two different answers do you remove just the center nut on the shock, or remove the 3 or 4 nuts on the shock tower.
Thank you
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Re: front shocks
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2013, 10:43:02 PM »
Both

The nut at the top is the top of the shock
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