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 Re: Please be careful - front shock assembly
[Re: azrain]
#617508
06/30/05 05:11 PM
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Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 5,986
Toyota Section Staffer
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Scary, Mike, glad it worked out as well as it did! Imagine if it hit you in the face... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" />
-Bill
'87 4Runner w/ '96 5VZ-FE, 'Red Chili II'
'97 Taco XtraCab 3RZ-FE, 'BlackBean'
TLCA # 13257, Rising Sun 4x4 Club Land Use Coordinator
"He who stops being better stops being good." -Oliver Cromwell
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Re: Please be careful - front shock assembly
[Re: Red_Chili]
#617509
06/30/05 09:08 PM
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Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 934
Rock Warrior
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...having met Mike, not much would change...
Just kidding.
That had to get your undivided attention!
That made up my mind for me, I'll buy the components, R/R the chunks and have the heavy work done elswhere...
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Re: Please be careful - front shock assembly
[Re: azrain]
#617510
07/01/05 12:48 AM
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Anonymous
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Thanks, that does make the local shop option seems more apealing. I'll have to call around and see if anyone is willing to do it for a resonable price. 
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Re: Please be careful - front shock assembly
[Re: gota87toy]
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07/01/05 04:01 AM
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Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 4,482
Emeritus Staffer and Moderator
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...having met Mike, not much would change... LOL, ain't that the truth! Good thing I have an extra layer of "huskyness" and a liver made of granite. I'll do it again, but I'll take the necessary safety precautions next time. Mike
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Re: Please be careful - front shock assembly
[Re: azrain]
#617512
07/01/05 05:46 PM
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Anonymous
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I did mine (01 4x4) with borrowed compressors (one on each side of the coil) from autozone. No problems, but as some have said, it's kind of scary -- lots of kinetic energy in there!
Many years ago, I was doing a similar job on an MGB with only one spring compressor, on one side of the coil, and it slipped off, putting a hole in my barn roof!
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Re: Please be careful - front shock assembly
#617513
07/01/05 07:37 PM
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Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 26
Getting the Wheeling Fever
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dam! that gave me a chill. i had a friend do an old cutlass i had. man the power in those springs is scary, i wasnt gonna touch it.
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Re: Replacing front struts, 99' 4x4 TRD
#617514
07/01/05 09:37 PM
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Anonymous
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I ordered my shocks online and took all 4 and my truck to a local tires shop. They install all of em for $100. Plus they had me bring it back after 1,000mi. to make sure it was all ok.
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