[atari4x4]

Replacing my bent shocks today & thought that I could do a simple write up of how I remove the steel sleeve from the bottom bush on the Commodore Shocks.

It can be done in a vice or hydraulic press but some don't have access to one.

Step 1: Tools Required, Spanner, Ratchet + Deep Socket to suit nut & bolt, Long bolt, Nut, Washer & Large Socket (The bolt I used wasn't long enough so I used the shallow socket first)



Step 2: Put the bolt through the bush, then the socket with the open end against the bush, put the washer on then the nut.





Step 3: Start ratcheting the nut on & the head of the bolt will pull the sleeve through the bush, Keep tightening the nut until you come to the end of the thread. (If your bolt is long enough you can keep going until it pulls the sleeve right through)







Step 4: This is where I had to change over to the deeper socket so it has enough depth to pull right through.









Step 5: Done, the 2nd shot shows the sleeve pulled into the socket, at that stage you can usually just pull the remainder of the sleeve/bolt out of the rubber bush, last shot shows the position of the sleeve on the bolt to give you an idea of how it all works.









I'll add to this thread showing the installation of the thinner walled calmini vitara sleeve, I usually just lube them up & push them in, you can use the above method in the reverse order to fit the replacement sleeves.

[BlueSuzy]

Atari brings teh tech!

All i need now is a commodore!

[atari4x4]

no you need a vitara so you can fit commonwhore shocks...

[banga]

i was just about to put up a post on this i got vt commo shocks the other day after reading that post on all the lengths of shocks a couple of weeks back ran into the problem that shandy92 had with the metal sleeve in the commo shock being way bigger than the vitara one. the difference was 24mm od on the commo and 17mm on the vit one. so i had to chase up some new metal sleeves to put in. all in now haven't had a chance to check it out yet can't wait. heres a pic of the shock side by side the commo shock being the clean one.

[atari4x4]

[banga]

sorry i seem to have trouble putting photos up from photobucket across some times they work fine other times i cant seem to get them to work.

[atari4x4]

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for some reason it put all that jibberish after the .jpeg part... i just deleted it & it worked.

what sort of lift are you looking at running, the VT shocks are VERY long?

[shandy92]

atari4x4 wrote:

what sort of lift are you looking at running, the VT shocks are VERY long?

i run 180sx springs, didnt get that much lift (40-50mm) but they are a very long coil. i think the vt shock have an extended length of 560mm.

[banga]

thanks for that im not hugely computer literate. i just put king springs in it they do un seat by about 40mm cause they are basically the same as the standard length coils but stiffer give me about 40mm of lift in the back but ill just zip tie them up or make some spring clamps. they work well bumper stops seem to be long enough still about 20mm left of compression on shock. get my bighorns this week and then get to test it all out next sat cant wait been hanging out for about 4mths to go wheeling.