risaac928

I need to replace the rear shocks on my 928 on scale between 1 - 10 how difficult is this to do.

jwillman

I thought rear was way easier than the front. I had never done them before but would give the rears a 3. Fronts were a 6.

blown 87

That all depends on how hard the pins are to get out.

karl ruiter

I would say you got it right in the OP. Between 1 and 10, depending on the state of the pins.

Mrmerlin

what kind of shocks are you putting on?

risaac928

Stock shocks...not racing the car or doing any extreme driving so factory standard shocks or better will do just fine...

blown 87

I think we are wanting to know which brand, because there is a problem getting some of them.

Mrmerlin

any idea who makes the shocks your installing?

jwillman

The concern over the shocks is the lower through bolt. I gave mine a good soaking in PB blaster per the advice of those who have posted above and they came out w/o much problem.

Biggest issue I had was that the pictorial I followed had some confusing hardware layout photos. I quickly resolved with help of the community and in the end the pictorial made the job far easier thanit would have been without it. Good luck!

http://members.rennlist.com/v1uhoh/rcoremoval.htm

risaac928

I wanted to order some from Roger or 928 International.

jpitman2

Only trouble I had was not noticing that the top mount bolt pattern is asymmetric - first one went up easily, second one - WTF? After a while it sunk in. Had no problems with bottom pins.
Either get the spings moved profesionally, or have a GOOD spring compressor. Note where the perch adjusters are on old units, set at the same height on new shocks.
jp 83 Euro S AT 53k M474 Bilsteins.

risaac928

I cam across these...

http://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin/...39%39%39%29%20

linderpat

Roger has perfectly fine shocks in stock - just ordered a set for the front.

michael j wright

Getting the adjuster collers off the old shocks is a PITA, no I take that back they can be a ROYAL PITA. I had to cut my shocks off just on each side of the adjuster, then had to split the shock tube and collapse them in order to remove. Good luck.
Mike

risaac928

I decided to use my resources and started to read up on removal of the rear shocks and what I found is that those rear PINS are HUGE PITA.

I would hate to get started only to find that I cant get those pins out.....