The one mistake that I made was not priming the shock absorbers. DAMMIT...Am I gonna have to take them off and prime them? Then put them back on? Really easy for a 2007 Cobalt.
I am getting shocks replaced on a vehicle I just bought from Carvana. Cost is covered 100% but I have to use pep boys for the repair. I just read some horrible reviews and now I am in a panic. I am watching this to know what to look for when I get it back. Pray for me please.
I have a 1989 Pontiac Grand Am - I did all this and got my back shocks on but later I think they come unscrewed and my car was bouncing the distance of the unscrewed Gap. It's like the bolt come unthreaded at the top and now it's bouncing however far it come unscrewed. Ok, so I tried to screw the bolt back down inside the trunk on top of the shock- the whole shock moves- even when I hold the bottom part of the shock. (When I do this it won't move at all) I had a shop put the struts on the front because of the springs so there's no issue with that just the weird bouncing in the back - now I'm worried about the other shock on the other side. They went on fine no problem just weird cuz they seem to have unscrewed.
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Thanks, great video.
Great review and to the point!
Thank you , gonna give it a shot ,
Why do services charge so much too change shock's
Manual labour + parks + shop wants some profit too
The one mistake that I made was not priming the shock absorbers. DAMMIT...Am I gonna have to take them off and prime them? Then put them back on? Really easy for a 2007 Cobalt.
I am getting shocks replaced on a vehicle I just bought from Carvana. Cost is covered 100% but I have to use pep boys for the repair. I just read some horrible reviews and now I am in a panic. I am watching this to know what to look for when I get it back. Pray for me please.
How did they do?
No
@@dennyduke959 It went fine. No problems at all.
@@thatoneguy6959 No
@@TheNewbSauce glad to hear it!
I have a 1989 Pontiac Grand Am - I did all this and got my back shocks on but later I think they come unscrewed and my car was bouncing the distance of the unscrewed Gap. It's like the bolt come unthreaded at the top and now it's bouncing however far it come unscrewed. Ok, so I tried to screw the bolt back down inside the trunk on top of the shock- the whole shock moves- even when I hold the bottom part of the shock. (When I do this it won't move at all) I had a shop put the struts on the front because of the springs so there's no issue with that just the weird bouncing in the back - now I'm worried about the other shock on the other side. They went on fine no problem just weird cuz they seem to have unscrewed.
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You are supposed to use blue thread lock so the bolts don't loosen from the vibrations.
Hey, if a woman can do it, anybody can.