Shocks

T&E Service Company 4980 Stilwell Street; Kansas City, MO 64120, These guys in KC do some great work. Might give them a call if your heading that way maybe thy can fit you in next week.

 

Shocks are supposed to be easy enough to do with a breaker bar and ratchet, or an impact gun. I just replaced the shocks on my 2012 Volvo and I think they're the original ones. 3 of the bottom bolts were rusted and a 1" impact didn't even move them. We went through 18 metal cutting blades to take those 3 shocks off. With the money you spend in labor at a typical shop rate, you can buy the tools you need for the job.

 

I prefer to run the Gas Adjust shocks, blue Gabriel's. Shop around and get a good deal on them. Plus you can choose how you want them set, depending on your weights and where you run.

You can swap them out in a parking lot. Pointless to pay a shop to do it, in my opinion. Regardless, make sure the bolts get an abundance of grease. You won't have to worry about them seizing up.

 

Agreed. Love the adjustable Gabriel. Set to extra firm on my steers and firm on the drives. Probably going to try extra firm on drives when I have time to change he setting.

 

When changing shocks, a couple of wrenches is all you are supposed to need. Sometimes, due to rust, you'll have to cut a bolt or two. A cutting torch will make short work of it, just make sure you don't put too much heat on the shock tube. They can explode if overheated.

 

do you own the truck? If so I would buy some tools and do my own maintenance! No-one touches my truck but me. I use to take it to a shop a few years back . But I had a brand new paint job and they scratched it is so many places I couldn't count . In one place it was gouged so deep it was into the fiberglass. So now I do everything on it

 

Truck seems to hold the road better. I didn't notice the ride getting much worse compared to standard shocks.