How to Replace Rear Shocks 2005-10 Pontiac G6
Created on: 2013-07-24
Check out this video to learn how to replace the rear shocks on your 05-10 Pontiac G6 or Saturn Aura
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step 1 :Remove the wheel
- Loosen the lug nuts
- Raise and secure the vehicle
- Remove the lug nuts and wheel.
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step 2 :Remove the top of the strut
- Use your 13 mm socket and ratchet and some penetrating oil to remove the two bolts securing the top of the strut.
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step 3 :Remove the bottom of the shock
- Unbolt the bottom bolt securing the shock.
- Use a breaker bar and a 21 mm socket and some penetrating oil.
- You might need a hammer to work the bolts out once you have removed the nuts.
- Use a pry bar to pry the spindle free from the strut
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step 4 :Install the new strut
- Work the strut into place and bolt in the top 10 mm bolts
- Torque the two 13 mm nuts to 20-25 ft lbs
- Bolt in the bottom nut and 21 mm bolt and torque to 45-50 ft lbs.
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step 5 :Replace the wheel
- Put the wheel back on and hand tighten the lug nuts
- Lower the vehicle and torque the lug nuts to 100 ft lbs
Tools needed
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21mm Socket
13mm Socket
Socket Extensions
Pry Bar
Jack Stands
19mm Socket
Ratchet
Floor Jack
1/2 Inch Breaker Bar
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In this video, we're going to show you how to replace the rear shock on this 2007 Pontiac G6. Pretty much the same for any 2005 to 2010 G6, as well as the Saturn Aura. We'll show you the right hand, or passenger side. The driver's side is the same procedure, and we always recommend you replace your shocks in pairs. The only thing you'll need, you will need a jack and jack stands. You will need 13, 19, and 21mm sockets, also as well as a ratchet, an extension, and probably a breaker bar or a pipe for some extra leverage.
Take it, and depending on what wheels you have, this has wheel covers, so you unscrew the caps, and then the wheel cover comes off. If you don't have the benefit of air tools, you'll want to loosen the lug nuts with the vehicle on the ground, then raise and secure the vehicle, and then remove the lug nuts, wheel, and tire. Two 13mm nuts hold the shock at the top. We'll fast-forward here as we remove those two 13mm nuts. A 21mm bolt holds the shock at the bottom. We'll use a 21mm ratchet. We'll put a pipe on there for some extra leverage. It made it come off really easy. He probably can get it off easily enough with just the ratchet.
Our car is new enough that this shock is not worn out at all, so we're just going to reinstall the original one. We just wanted to show you this video, just so you know how to do it. The shocks we sell at 1A Auto are great replacements. You can see, you put the shock back in place, and then start those two nuts on the top. I will fast-forward, as we finish putting those nuts on. I then start the bolt at the bottom, and tighten it up. The bottom bolt, you want to tighten to probably about 45 to 50 foot-pounds, and the top bolts, you want to tighten up afterwards, between 20 and 25 foot-pounds. Keep the speed up here, as we put our wheel and tire back on, and just start the lug nuts on there by hand first, then tighten them preliminarily. With the car back down on the ground now, we'll tighten the lug nuts to 100 foot-pounds, using a star pattern.
Last but not least, put our wheel cover on there, and then put the caps on carefully, only using hand power to tighten those caps up.
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