How to Replace Rear Shock 2005-16 Chevy Equinox
Created on: 2017-01-16
How to repair, install , fix, change or replace your front shocks with their loaded struts on 08 Chevy Equinox
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step 1 :Removing the Wheel
- Loosen the 19mm lug nuts with the vehicle on the ground
- Raise the vehicle with a floor jack
- Secure the vehicle on jack stands
- Remove the lug nuts
- Pull off the wheel
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step 2 :Removing the Wheel Well Liner
- Remove all of the fasteners out of the wheel well liner
- Pry the fasteners out with a flat blade screwdriver
- Remove the 10mm nut in the top of the wheel well
- Remove the wheel well liner
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step 3 :Removing the Shock Absorbers
- Remove the 18mm bolt at the top of the shock
- Remove the 18mm bolt and nut at the bottom of the shock
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step 4 :Installing the Shock Absorbers
- Insert the shock into place
- Tighten the 18mm bolt at the bottom of the shock
- Tighten the 18mm bolt at the top of the shock
- Torque the top and bottom bolts to 81 foot-pounds
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step 5 :Installing the Wheel Well Liner
- Insert the wheel well liner into place
- Tighten the 10mm nut to the top of the wheel well
- Press the fasteners into the liner
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step 6 :Reattaching the Wheel
- Slide the wheel into place
- Start the lug nuts by hand
- Tighten the lug nuts preliminarily
- Lower the vehicle to the ground
- Tighten the lug nuts to 100 foot-pounds in a crossing or star pattern
Tools needed
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Gloves
Socket Extensions
Flat Blade Screwdriver
Torque Wrench
Jack Stands
Complete Metric Wrench Set
Floor Jack
Dust Mask
Trim Tool Set
1/2 Inch Breaker Bar
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In this video, we're gonna be working with our 2008 Chevy Equinox. We're gonna show you how to remove and replace your rear shock or shock absorber.
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Here are the items you'll need for this repair: trim tool, full socket metric set, ratchet, socket extensions, torque wrench, breaker bar, flat head screwdriver, gloves, dust mask, eye protection, jack, jack stands
Using a 19mm socket and a breaker bar, break all of your lug nuts loose about one turn to make it easy to get them off once our vehicle is in the air. Raise and support your vehicle. We're using a lift to make it easier to show you what's going on, but this job can easily be done in your driveway or garage at home on a jack and jack stands. Finish removing your lug nuts and remove the wheel and tire from the vehicle.
Remove all of the plastic pop fasteners throughout the inner wheel well liner. There are a few ways to do this, but with a flat blade screwdriver you can pop all the heads out. You don't have to remove them fully, just get them out about halfway and slide the forked end of a trim tool underneath and pop them out. Once all of the pop tabs for the wheel well liner are out, you'll have to remove the 10mm screw all the way in the top of the wheel well. We'll do this using a socket ratchet and extension. Once all the fasteners are removed, remove the wheel well liner. Place it out of the way.
Remove the 18 millimeter bolt at the top of the shock with an 18 millimeter socket and breaker bar to start. Once you get it loose, you may be able to finish removing it with a socket and ratchet. Remove the bolt and move on to the 18 millimeter bot and nut on the bottom of the shock. Brace the nut on the back of the shock mount with a wrench and loosen the bolt with your 18 millimeter socket and breaker bar. Once the bottom bolt is removed, come grab the shock. You should be able to compress it by hand and remove it from the vehicle.
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Reinstall the shock by starting at the bottom, lining it up and putting the bolt through a couple of threads. Once you have that secured, push down and compress the shock body. The new one's gonna be a little bit harder than the old one. Line it up. Place a screw jack or floor jack underneath the vehicle's spindle. Raise it up until the shock hole lines up with the mounting location. Reinstall your bolt and tighten it down with your 18 millimeter socket and ratchet. Once the top bolt is tight, you can tighten down the bottom as well. Lower your jack or screw jack. Torque the shock 81 foot-pounds on the top and bottom bolt.
Reinstall your wheel well liner. Make sure that these edges tuck in behind the actual wheel well. Tighten up the 10 millimeter nut at the top of your wheel well liner and reinstall all of your plastic clips. Simply pop them back into the holes and then push the heads back down.
Reinstall your wheel and tire. Get all of your lug nuts on as tight as you can by hand. Lower the weight of your vehicle back onto the tires. With the partial weight of your vehicle back on the tires, then tighten up your lug nuts to 100 foot pounds in a cross pattern.
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