[00 SS]

I've done so much car work in the last 2 weeks, I'm actually getting sick of it. Here's the list of what I've had to do.

'88 Buick:
PS Pump - leak and bad bearing
Harmonic Balance - rubber cracked and pully delaminated
Passenger side half shaft - outer CV boot exploded

'03 Jeep Grand Cherokee:
Front brakes and rotors
Inner front axle seals - passenger side was leaking and may have been the cause of the brake issues
Transfer case fluid change - it was just time
Passenger front window regulator and motor - cable broke

I've got about $750 in just parts, I don't even want to know what all this would have cost at service shops.

Anyway, just venting.

[trackbird]

I just did a job for a co-worker fixing a hack job. Someone installed air shocks on a Mustang (improperly) and we added a set of Hotpart poly-ball LCA's with weight jacks (to raise the rear a bit for her). Due to rust and mufflers being in the way, the job only took about 16 hours (yes, you read that right and I used propane torches and air tools, impact gun, air chisel and lots of other toys). I had to make upper shock mount bushings for the non adjustable Koni's from a set of Monroe shocks that I bought (just to steal the hardware), etc.

The pictures show what I started with (as far as the shocks are concerned). When I opened the trunk, I just stood there staring. These pics are with the axle dropped a few inches. The shock rods were actually an inch or two higher with the car on the ground.

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[00 SS]

I just did a job for a co-worker fixing a hack job. Someone installed air shocks on a Mustang (improperly) and we added a set of Hotpart poly-ball LCA's with weight jacks (to raise the rear a bit for her). Due to rust and mufflers being in the way, the job only took about 16 hours (yes, you read that right and I used propane torches and air tools, impact gun, air chisel and lots of other toys). I had to make upper shock mount bushings for the non adjustable Koni's from a set of Monroe shocks that I bought (just to steal the hardware), etc.

The pictures show what I started with (as far as the shocks are concerned). When I opened the trunk, I just stood there staring. These pics are with the axle dropped a few inches. The shock rods were actually an inch or two higher with the car on the ground.

Holy crap, what a hack job that was. Were you able the get them back so something resembling correct?

[trackbird]

Holy crap, what a hack job that was. Were you able the get them back so something resembling correct?

He used one of the factory "cupped" washers with the built in nuts and the other side had 3 sections of 3/16" plate steel and a nut for a top mount. He used no washers on the bottom (so the shock shafts went through the holes) and no rubber bushings. The first bump shoved the dust boots on the shocks clear down the shaft until they were mashed.

I changed out the LCA's and added a set of the new non-adjustable Koni street shocks. It's in fine shape now, other than the scratches on the shock tower. Nothing that couldn't be fixed.