Hey guys,

I'm installing koni yellows with stock springs, and in the rear I can't get everything back together. I have the bolt that goes through the bottom of the shock out, and the small bracket that is up near the top of the wheel well that attaches to the a arm (the one shown in the below picture taken from another thread) out , and the sway bar detached (although it's detached where the sway bar attaches to the endlink, not where the endlink attaches to the arm):


If I put the bolt into the bottom of the shock, then I can't get the bolt in the picture above back in because the whole assembly is rotated outwards (I can jack it up, but I can't rotate it with the jack). If I put in the above pictured bolt, then I can't get the bottom shock bolt (although I'm thinking maybe I can rig up something so I can jack the shock up, then maybe it'll work).

Anyone who's done this - which order did you put the bolts in? Any special tricks?

 

Nevermind, I figured it out!

Basically I attached the arm, then used the jack with a piece of wood to lift the damper into place and bolt it in. Worked really well!

Now I just have to figure out why the bolts won't break loose on the other side.....

 

Massive amounts of hidden corrosion, dont strip the head of the bolt.

 

PB blast them. I purchased my car from the mid west and I had a difficult time replacing the suspension parts. But spraying them with PB blast over night helps a lot!