Re: Upper Control Arm Passenger side. Help!!!!
Yea! I finally got the front shocks on and the car now rides fantastic. No more noise from the front due to bad shocks. They were so bad that when you push in on the plunger it would take five or six minutes for them to come completely back out. Right side was a learning process and left side went much better. Below is the method i used to install the front shocks. This below procedure is for KYB shocks which are about 3" longer than OEM shocks but are the correct shocks!
Removal:
1. Put car on jack stands the higher the better. 2. Loosen and break loose upper control arm knuckle to last few threads but do not remove nut. 3. Put floor jack under lower control arm and jack up to remove "pressure" off the shock. 4. Remove the nuts from top of the shock. 5. Remove lower shock nut and bolt, remove shock.
Assembly: (Goes without saying to tighten all the nuts etc.)
1. Install shock in the shock tower with the nuts supplied. 2. Lower the floor jack until the shock will fit into the lower control arm shock bracket. 3. Reinstall the bolt and nut thru lower shock bushing. 4. Jack up lower control arm to tighten the top knuckle nut. Done
SIDE NOTE: Left the right side upper control arm alone cause the knuckle was fine.
Hope someone who reads this, and needing to install shocks on the front, will work for them as well as it did for me!
Last edited by Romad; Nov 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM.