5th gen shock removal

**FORGED** · 12-10-2004 02:20 PM

hey, any of you guys pulling out your rear shocks find it incredibly hard? is there anything i can do to make it any easier?? because it takes sooooo much moving around and tweaking to get the suckers out. ive even read the accord servicing manual and everything!

**ECU-MAN** · 12-10-2004 08:32 PM

have you located the top of the shocker from behind the boot trim covers. ?

**viperx** · 12-10-2004 10:25 PM

Yes yes if anyone has done this before for front and back and can give me a rundown as to how to do it, it would be great as i will be replacing springs soon. Cheers

**Dominik** · 12-10-2004 11:11 PM

Forged, i thought you had Airbags... All you need to do is deflate that sucker!

I had someone stand on the hub to pull it down as far as possible, while i wiggled and manouvered the shock out

For instructions, try this: http://www.accordracing.com/installa...-1997/springs/

There was another one posted on HondaSociety a while ago, but i cant find it now...

**dundas** · 13-10-2004 12:10 AM

hmmz, rear shocks-- I GOT EM OUT

-- well me and a friend--- pretty much same principle for all cars-- same principal---

just be patient and dont rush it-
oh remeber to take the bolts off the strut which umm sum hoses are connected to-

**FORGED** · 13-10-2004 06:43 PM

hahahhaha yeah... nah its just when you goto pull the rear shock out, you have to fiddle round for a while, you can unbolt the arms and shit and it comes out way easier, but im just wondering why they made it such a pain in the ass... like the fronts are easy cause you can just unbolt the fork, but the rear is a pain. oh well, ill stick to my hour mission of getting each one out.