shocks
 

i have a 99 ford ranger 2wd im tryin to figure out if there are any tricks to shock replacement all the way around looks like they bolt off and on and im just wonderin if there is anything i can possibly get snagged on?ps the shock is in the center of the coil spring.

RE: shocks
 

The back simply just unbolt.[hr]But the front's are a little harder.[hr]On the front the shock rod may want to spin when you are trying to dissasembell them you may want to grip this rod with vise grip's when taking off the top's of the front shock's.

RE: shocks
 

Since you helped me, I am going to return the favor. Check out the link:

http://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/50...-tutorial.html

RE: shocks
 

The only problem that I ran into when replacing the shocks on my ranger were the bolts on the radius arms (front shocks). They were rusted on good, so when I tried to un-bolt them, the studs broke off. The fix was to torch out the old stud and stick a bolt all the way thru, securing it with a nut against the radius arm, and then sliding the shock over the bolt and securing it with another nut. The rear shocks were a piece of cake. Hope that made sense.