Changing shocks

[amalventano1 at tds.net (Allyn)]

> Last weekend it took two people to reassemble a front strut. 
> This was with H & R springs which have a much shorter free 
> length than stock springs and can actually be done without a 
> spring compressor. One person (me) to apply his gross 
> tonnage, the other to center the shock shaft and get the nut started.
> Please can we just skip the sexual innuendo of the above? 
> There was more than enough of that last weekend!

This can be a one person job if you compress the spring with the strut back on the car, and a floor jack under the ball joint.  The
jack/car applies the gross tonnage for you.

Al