Rear shock absorbers

SRF

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My p6b has developed a squeaking noise from the rear nearside suspension. After checking I suspected the shock absorber. I bought a full set for the car. The fronts, apart from a struggle the split pins holding the lower mounts, were straight forward. The rears had to wait until I got a new trolley jack. My old 3 ton one developed a habit of lowering slowly by itself. New seals are not available to repair it. So equipped with a new high lift jack I tackled the rears. Apart from a struggle getting the units out of the lower suspension it was straight forward. Replacing them was helped by an old trick of lining up the lower plate by sawing the head off a spare bolt. I then cut a slot in the cut end, this was then screwed into one of the mounting holes. The plate was then held in the correct position making the insertion of the bolts easier. The cut off bolt is then removed with a screwdriver.
I have used this trick many times, it is particularly suitable for hanging doors on cars with bolt on hinges.
the squeak has now gone.
 
I Wrapped a piece of soft wire around the bottom damper peg and fed the wire through the mount plate hole. Compressed the damper -Then screwed the mount plate up tight and pulled slowly down on the wire until the damper peg could be grabbed.
 
I Wrapped a piece of soft wire around the bottom damper peg and fed the wire through the mount plate hole. Compressed the damper -Then screwed the mount plate up tight and pulled slowly down on the wire until the damper peg could be grabbed.
That sounds a good idea as well
 
I fully fasten the shock absorber to the lower plate & fully extend it, then guide the top through the hole (by feel as much as anything) & compress from underneath until I can get the bottom bolts in the plate :)
 
Re the leaking jack - I fixed mine with some jack oil found at Supercheap (oz).
 
Fixed my internal leak on my jack. The none return valve in the ram was leaking due to poor seating of the ball valve. Cleaned it up , drove the ball into its seat as manufactures recommended with a punch and it all works with no lowing of the jack.
 
would never work under car just on a jack. axle stands or supports . I have an aversion to being squished.having doen just that as an apperentice when my Morris 1100 needed exhaust fixing in middle where 'clamp' held two sections together. I jacked car up and no ramps ( I was broke of course) used bricks under rear wheels /crawled underneath and loosened and refined exhaust ... then when about to squiggle back out ..car started to roll off bricks! since I dont think I could easily survive being flattened by half a length of car with about a 4" ground clearance I was more than a little frightened. nobody about of course ...( working alone in dodgy circumstances is another no no) luckily I did manage to extricate self an da valuable lesson learned.
 
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