You could brobably use a hakhsaw on the shaft to get the old ones out

To take the old ones out well that was no problem. They were so old they easily collapsed by hand.

For the new ones I tied some really srong cord around both ends of my new shock. Then took a wrench towards the middle of the cord and twisted the salck out of the cord. Kind of dangerous if it had gotten away from me.

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