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Trying to do some budget suspension work on one of the fleet. MJ needs rear shocks. I have a pair of perfectly good Gas Ryder rear shocks ... from an XJ. XJ uses bar pins at the top, MJ uses the same eyes at the top as at the bottom.
"Simple," sez I. Just pull the bar pins. However, when that was accomplished the upper bushings had a 3/8" I.D. -- the studs for the mount have a 5/8" O.D., so we have an interference fit.
I need to replace the bushings. Tried using some universals I found at Pep Boys -- could not get them into the loop to save my life. Has anyone else ever replaced shock bushings? If so, where did you get the bushings, and how did you get them into the shocks?
TIA
"Simple," sez I. Just pull the bar pins. However, when that was accomplished the upper bushings had a 3/8" I.D. -- the studs for the mount have a 5/8" O.D., so we have an interference fit.
I need to replace the bushings. Tried using some universals I found at Pep Boys -- could not get them into the loop to save my life. Has anyone else ever replaced shock bushings? If so, where did you get the bushings, and how did you get them into the shocks?
TIA