How To Replace Rear Shocks 1992-2000 Chevy Tahoe

All right. So, we're underneath the rear of the truck, and now we have a nice, clear view of our rear shock. There's gonna be a bolt that comes through from the inside towards the outside with a nut. We're gonna go ahead and remove this, and then, right up top, there's gonna be two mounting bolts. We'll remove those last. Following the rear shock up, you're gonna find one mounting bolt here and then one on the opposing side. This is gonna be the last thing holding the shock in, so make sure you hold onto that. There it is, friends.

Okay, friends. Now, it's time to activate our rear shock. To do that, I'm just gonna go ahead and get this right out of here, and I'm gonna let this come all the way up. Once it comes all the way up, we're gonna continue on by pressing it down as far as we can and then let it come all the way up again. Continue this process three to five times, and that's what's gonna activate your shock. It's a good idea to inspect your bolt threads and make sure it's all in good condition. If anything looks as though it's damaged or not usable, go ahead and replace it.

Now, let's just quickly look at the top of the shock. What you're gonna notice is this mounting area along the top. It's a little bit at an angle in one direction or the other. You wanna make sure that you pay attention to that when you start putting this up and into the truck, because of I put it up like this and then, of course, I have it lined up, you wanna make sure that this is gonna be going in the same direction as the angle of the actual truck up there. So if I put it in backwards, you can tell that it's really not gonna be lining up very well and it might cause damage.

Let's start those upper bolts in there. Now, let's just go ahead and push up on that shock and let it come down so our holes line up. There we are. Let's go ahead and get our washer and our nut on here. All right. At this point, we're gonna continue on by snugging up all of our bolts. Once we have them bottomed out, we're gonna torque the lower bolt to 74 foot-pounds and the 2 top bolts to 13 foot-pounds.

All right. Now, the process will be the same for the other side of the truck.