50 thoughts on “Shocks are destroyed! how to replace. no mechanic needed!”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars TraO says:

    Wow ray… there are some really lonely angry peeps out there just waiting to throw a “get off my lawn” comment ur way…. I truly enjoy ur wit, attitude and technical expertise…. I was born and raised in Florida… not far from where u are… Gibsonton/Ruskin area… joined the army in 85 and never went back…. Live in Texas now which i find comparable… catch redfish and speckled trout down Corpus Christie way …. When i get down there. Keep up the awesome vids… trying to watch them all… thats why imma year back lol

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars James C says:

    I see Mr. Ray master mechanic does all his own work with the same professionalism own his very own vehicles. As always a pleasure sir.

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars fred414141 says:

    i realize those are used shocks, but no brake cleaner spray? ,,, no 'nice and shine-ay' ? 😮
    oh, the horror!😵‍💫 . imma need time to calm down🤐, might even cry a little bit.😥
    ….not
    😁

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars TheOnespeedbiker says:

    I just did a similar R&R with front shocks on a 1994 Jimmy; same exact process. Another similarity I noticed was how the top shock mount bent using the impact wrench. I backed mine off a little and checked the torque table and even though both bolts were the same size; 73 lbs for the bottom bolts, 22 lbs for the top! oops my bad..🙄

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars JerTone G says:

    I would suggest using a drive punch to push the bolts out instead of using your prybar. A punch will not induce a side load on the bolts which risks damaging the threads. And I would have reinstalled the bolts in the same orientation they were in before you removed them. That way they'll be just as easy to remove in the future.

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ben Cappello says:

    I’m such an idiot that I was looking around at the vehicle being like “damn that thing is super clean!” And then realizing I had never seen him working on anything all that bad…. Then it dawned on me….. Florida you idiot….. I live in Canada that’s why everything is a rusty pile. Lol

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Paul Spitzer says:

    Replacing the shocks on your truck you were wondering why on the rear axle why one shock faces forward and one faces the back. It is to reduce / eliminate axle tramp or hop when accelerating.
    Thanks for all of your videos.

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Michael Bono says:

    I noticed you put both bottom fasteners opposite of the way they came out.

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bob Nobles Jr. says:

    Proves you work smarter, not harder.

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Joe Ruggia says:

    I don’t follow a lot of mechanics but you’re a fucking cool dude and you remind me of myself on how you think out loud I enjoy your videos and your knowledge I’ve been out of the game for so long due to getting a city job but you’re a cool dude

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jeff H says:

    From watching many of your videos, you've inspired me to buy a set of wobbly bits. God knows when I'll use them. (UK subscriber.)

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mario Saccoccio says:

    So, where's the rust?

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Australian Camping and Four Wheel Drives says:

    I enjoy learning watching your videos. Q: Does it matter which way you put the bolts in. Notice you put them in the other direction from the way they came out?

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Dave Brosius says:

    Did you put the bottom bolts in backwards for a reason, or just didn't care. Are they easier to get out that way?

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars jking4020 says:

    Most of you should just not comment. Just meaningless nonsense. Be happy there are vids like this to help us lamens people do shit ourselves. Criticizing the mans work and reasoning is just lame. Merry fucking Xmas.

  16. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Pumpup Jam says:

    On my vehicle, the mechanic put in after market struts. He said these are Quick Struts. Well so far, it's been 6 months and they are holding up well. For how long I do not know!

  17. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars TANINER says:

    Why didn't you include the spring with the re-installation?

  18. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Farmer1234 says:

    A couple points: NEVER get under a vehicle supported only by a jack or anything else but a lift designed for the purpose. One of my friends had a buddy that did that. He went out to work on the car before the Thanksgiving dinner. The short version is that it was not a very happy Thanksgiving for the family and the funeral was closed coffin. Second, unthread the nut past the end of the bolt and tap on that. It will protect the threads.

  19. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Melanie Branton D.V.M. says:

    Well the bolts were put in opposite direction so the next shock change…..gonna have to take wheel, hub and back plate to "tap them out". Of course, this Frankenstein will still be around.

  20. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bill Link says:

    I thought shocks were actually more difficult to compress.

  21. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Wayne Geordiesdad says:

    Great video ….as always….maybe next time mention..during the job, why the new shocks don't have springs…secondly, for those out there that haven't done a shed-load of these, maybe mention repositioning the lower shock bolts facing outwards, so the job is easier.
    Obvious to those of us that have experience but worth a mention so the newbies don't fret that it HAS to be like it was.
    Cheers from Canada North
    P.S. As before once, and probably because I was trained by Germans, but I was taught to tighten the nut against the bolt…not the other way round, but in this case MOST of the tightening had to be done by turning the bolt. Habit, however, would have made me do a final tighten on the nut by wrench even though it probably wouldn't have made a difference.
    Any other 'Old-school' or German-trained mechanics out there shout out if you had a similar training

  22. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jason Matthiesen says:

    I know this is crossing wires. But reading this jabroni in the comments talking about killing someone with struts reminds me of the gauge grozkewitz dui stop where the cops tell him turn signals kill. Lmao!

  23. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Dustin Shadle says:

    I've been curious if you tow often with those tires. If so, how do they take it?

  24. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Johnny Sechrist says:

    There's a guy fixin to head to the death chamber in 2 or 3 days down your way for stealing a Suburban to sale and shooting the owner. Chop shop wouldn't buy it because it was connected to a capitol crime….the guy was a star football player down there and would have been in the NFL.

  25. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Old Nightrun says:

    Surely replacing spring assisted shocks with plain shocks is going to make your truck wallow like a duck in water.

  26. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Old Nightrun says:

    What ever happened to the springs?

  27. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bill Reynolds says:

    Absolutely love these videos. My favorites and I actually learn stuff.

  28. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars OLD SCHOOL says:

    Rainman to Silverado owner- "those shocks are shot, you need new ones"
    Takes old shocks home and installs on his own car- saving a few bucks so he can buy a 29.95 Harbor Freight floor jack.

  29. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars tom ashton says:

    I spray P-B on all the nuts and bolts before and after installation ,I noticed you switched directions on the bottom shock bolts, I do that all the time else wise you may end up removing a wheel

  30. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Daniel Goetz says:

    Didn't you reduce the weight capacity by replacing the coil- over shocks with non? 🤔

  31. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Crucial Speaks says:

    good job ray, love the videos, But i have to mention, I lost a bit of respect when your trumpisim leaked out the other day.

  32. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Stormspark says:

    The shock aborbers are shot absorbers. Even as someone that is not mechanically inclined, those things looked horrible.

  33. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars James DeArman says:

    your impact driver is actually termed a 'manually operated impact generating device'

  34. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Dean T says:

    Just trying to figure out why you had coil over shocks

  35. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars JustJames says:

    I said that too a claw hammer really and he puts the bolts in backwards some people LOL!

  36. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Tyson Parker says:

    I have found that when I get done at work fixing other people’s cars I have little appetite for my own.

  37. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars David Donaghy says:

    If you put a blade screwdriver under the rear shock, it spaces the shock up so you don’t have to hammer the bolt out.

  38. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars John E. Carr says:

    Another Great Video.

  39. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Farmer Dave says:

    Your linear impact driver looks exactly like my mexican speed wrench.

  40. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Donnie Robertson says:

    Nice job and video like always

  41. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars J. Wilson says:

    I'm surprised that you can put in parts from different vehicles and still have a good running thing…

  42. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Sophia says:

    Why on overload springs? Are they not required when using 2018 shocks?

  43. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Daniel Andrews says:

    I don't change shocks very often but I find it a LOT easier to put the vehicle on jack stands and removing the tire first. And there is a LOT less fighting when it comes to removing the bolts, removing the shocks and then reinstalling the new shocks. I guess you just enjoy doing things the hard way.

  44. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Werner Danler says:

    All these years I've been working with that "linear driver" tool and I never knew its technical name.

  45. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Martin denny says:

    Why no springs on the new shocks?

  46. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars clbcl5 says:

    I concur on your diagnosis, varmint hair.

  47. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars David Evans says:

    Don't you have a mechanics hammer!!?

  48. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Eric Paul says:

    Damn Florida cars are too easy to work on.

  49. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Stacey Cook says:

    Is the next video on replacing those rotted off backing plates and fixing the emergency brake

  50. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars skildude says:

    Call me crazy. but removing the tire and jacking up the vehicle would make the removal and assembly so much easier. First off, lifting the body off the springs would allow quicker removal and removing the tire would make for easier access to the bolt. Your method seems a bit more complicated than it needs to be.
    Also, wouldn't you want to replace the shocks with identical shocks so that the springs would actually assist the shocks. Not only will they assist the shock but they also are lode bearing.
    Just because a shock for 16 years later fits doesn't make it correct. A quick look at Rock Auto confirms my doubt. Those shocks don't belong on that vehicle.

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