Front Hood Shock????????
Drifting
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 3,291
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From: WI, US
If I remember correctly, the bottom of the front hood shock just snaps off it's mount. You may want to get a long screwdriver to fish down near the bottom of the hood shock and pop the bottom off of it's ball type socket. Pretty easy once you know how. Typical German engineering. Looks impossible, turns out to be easy...
Good Luck!
Jay
90 964
Good Luck!
Jay
90 964
Intermediate
Joined: Mar 2002
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Jay is right - a long flat blade screwdriver works perfectly to pop the old struts out at the bottom. I found the new ones snapped on the ball mounts without tools; the spring clip is forgiving enough that you can just coerce them on by holding the strut at the top and pressing gently against the lower mount. They pop right on.
I looked at the new struts in the Performance Products box for months, wondering how I was going to change them. The entire process - both sides - took less than 15 minutes.
Good luck!
Mike
'91 C4
I looked at the new struts in the Performance Products box for months, wondering how I was going to change them. The entire process - both sides - took less than 15 minutes.
Good luck!
Mike
'91 C4
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Racer
Joined: May 2002
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From: Long Island, NY, USA
Somewhere I have seen a fixture that lets you gang two struts together. Even two worn struts on one side have enough left in them to solve the problem. I jury-rigged two on a previous car and it worked fine.
Question: Are the rears pop-offs too on the 964???
Question: Are the rears pop-offs too on the 964???
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4th Gear
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 4
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From: Virginia
Just changed my front hood shocks - one trick - tie a piece of thread to the clip before popping it off, until its back on...if it drops down the hole, your 15 minute job just turned into an hour. (No I didn;t drop it...this time!)
Intermediate
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 46
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From: Virginia
Anybody have a good source for "lifetime" replacement hood shocks? Any idea on price? I've seen 911 hood shocks for cheap but the 964 ball and socket type always seem to be way more expensive.
I too am tired of using my head or a dowel rod to hold up the hood.
I too am tired of using my head or a dowel rod to hold up the hood.
Intermediate
Joined: Aug 2002
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From: Virginia
By the way, I just changed my rear deck shock and I found two things:
1. I couldn't get the "lifetime" weltmeister shock to fit. It was too thick to fit into the area on the deck designed to accept the shock. The shock head was about 1 CM thicker than the OEM part making it too wide. I had to engineer around this.
2. Tying the thread to the clip is a great idea. Not only does it help you recover a dropped clip, it also makes it easier to hold the clip without getting your fingers in the way of the pin.
Still would like some advice on the front shocks. My OEM shocks aren't doing the job and I don't want to change them every couple years.
1. I couldn't get the "lifetime" weltmeister shock to fit. It was too thick to fit into the area on the deck designed to accept the shock. The shock head was about 1 CM thicker than the OEM part making it too wide. I had to engineer around this.
2. Tying the thread to the clip is a great idea. Not only does it help you recover a dropped clip, it also makes it easier to hold the clip without getting your fingers in the way of the pin.
Still would like some advice on the front shocks. My OEM shocks aren't doing the job and I don't want to change them every couple years.
