Trooper Shocks

Hi can someone be kind enough as to educate me on the procedure of changing
the rear shocks on my 1990 Isuzu Trooper SWB
thanks
Dennis

"Dennis Walker" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi can someone be kind enough as to educate me on the procedure of
changing
> the rear shocks on my 1990 Isuzu Trooper SWB
> thanks
> Dennis
>
>

Is this a trick question?
AFAIK you just take the old ones off and put new ones on LOL. What
have I missed there?

Huw


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undoing some nuts and bolts.....


"Huw" <hedydd[nospam]@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Dennis Walker" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > Hi can someone be kind enough as to educate me on the procedure of
> changing
> > the rear shocks on my 1990 Isuzu Trooper SWB
> > thanks
> > Dennis
> >
> >
>
> Is this a trick question?
> AFAIK you just take the old ones off and put new ones on LOL. What
> have I missed there?
>
> Huw
>
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> undoing some nuts and bolts.....
>

Only 4 in total and they are as obvious as you can get. Let's spell it
out......one top and one bottom each side.

There must be more to this than meets the eye, surely.

Huw


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Huw tried to scribble ...

> "Clanger" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> undoing some nuts and bolts.....
>>
>
> Only 4 in total and they are as obvious as you can get. Let's spell it
> out......one top and one bottom each side.
>
> There must be more to this than meets the eye, surely.

Yeah, jack the chassis up first ...

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"Digweed .. " <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Huw tried to scribble ...
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> > "Clanger" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >> undoing some nuts and bolts.....
> >>
> >
> > Only 4 in total and they are as obvious as you can get. Let's
spell it
> > out......one top and one bottom each side.
> >
> > There must be more to this than meets the eye, surely.
>
> Yeah, jack the chassis up first ...
>

Why would he need or bother to do that?

Huw


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no, we're jumping ahead here, go and buy the new shockers first.....

clanger
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> > > "Clanger" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > >> undoing some nuts and bolts.....
> > >>
> > >
> > > Only 4 in total and they are as obvious as you can get. Let's
> spell it
> > > out......one top and one bottom each side.
> > >
> > > There must be more to this than meets the eye, surely.
> >
> > Yeah, jack the chassis up first ...
> >
>
> Why would he need or bother to do that?
>
> Huw
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"Clanger" <[email protected]> wrote

> no, we're jumping ahead here, go and buy the new shockers first.....
>
> clanger

That would be the logical first step. The last step would be to bolt
the new ones on and bolt wheels back on if applicable. Have we left
anything out?

Huw



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Huw tried to scribble ...

> "Digweed .. " <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Huw tried to scribble ...
>>
>>> "Clanger" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>> undoing some nuts and bolts.....
>>>>
>>>
>>> Only 4 in total and they are as obvious as you can get. Let's spell
>>> it out......one top and one bottom each side.
>>>
>>> There must be more to this than meets the eye, surely.
>>
>> Yeah, jack the chassis up first ...
>>
>
> Why would he need or bother to do that?
>
> Huw

To do each side or end at a time.

I'd guess that if he doesn't jack it up the shocks will be much harder to
get off, and the whole chassis/body may drop too low onto the wheel to allow
the shocks to be replaced correctly. It may also be easier to remove the
wheels ... though I'm not an expert on Troopers ..


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'95 Dyna-Tech CroMo Comp, '97 Landrover Discovery 300 Tdi,
'02 Schumacher CAT 3000, '03 Losi Kinwald Triple-X,
'03 Associated RC10 B4 ....

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> > "Digweed .. " <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >> Huw tried to scribble ...
> >>
> >>> "Clanger" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >>> news:[email protected]...
> >>>> undoing some nuts and bolts.....
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Only 4 in total and they are as obvious as you can get. Let's
spell
> >>> it out......one top and one bottom each side.
> >>>
> >>> There must be more to this than meets the eye, surely.
> >>
> >> Yeah, jack the chassis up first ...
> >>
> >
> > Why would he need or bother to do that?
> >
> > Huw
>
> To do each side or end at a time.
>
> I'd guess that if he doesn't jack it up the shocks will be much
harder to
> get off, and the whole chassis/body may drop too low onto the wheel
to allow
> the shocks to be replaced correctly.

Are the shocks like some kind of hydraulic ram which hold the weight
of the Trooper? I don't think so. There are vehicles with that kind of
ram with remote valving and hydraulic system but they are rare [and I
actually own one] but the Trooper isn't one of them AFAIK.

Huw


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0) Read all instructions here first.

1) Buy New Shocks. Ensure they're the right size/type.
2) Jack up rear end, with blocks/chocks around front wheels.
3) Remove one rear wheel.
4) Undo Bolt holding rear shock base to spring/axle. axle and spring will
drop about 3 to 4 inches under weight of axle.
5) Undo Bolt at top holding rear shock to chassis.
6) Remove Rear shock
7) Place new rear shock in position, bolt onto spring/axle.
8) Lower jack lightly until top of shock is just touching chassis in same
place origional did.
9) Bolt up at top.
10) Jack up again and repeat from step 3 with the other side.

HTH

Rhys,
'88 Isuzu Bighorn/Trooper LWB


"Dennis Walker" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi can someone be kind enough as to educate me on the procedure of
changing
> the rear shocks on my 1990 Isuzu Trooper SWB
> thanks
> Dennis
>
>