My 1999 Oldsmobile Delta-88 needs new shocks. Is it an easy job to do by yourself without a lift. I do all the regular maintanence on my car but i've only changed the shocks in a car under a lift in my auto shop class. If it is too difficult, how much would it cost to get them replaced at a shop?Replacement of shocks?
If you have never changed shocks on a car I would suggest buying a haynes manual for the car. If you are going to change the rear shocks you will need; new shocks, tools, penetration oil(wd-40), a jack and jack stands.
If your planning on changing the struts on the front that's a little more difficult. I would suggest taking it to a shop to replace them. It would cost about 100-200$.Replacement of shocks?
yeah its not that hard but you do need a spring compressor to do it. if you wanna do it go to autozone or any autoparts store and buy a manuel on your book. it goes through each step. the first one is always hard but after that it gets better.Replacement of shocks?
as long as you have a jack, and hopefully jack stands (for safety and stability) you should be able to do it, it wont be as easy at with a lift, but oh well, better than paying a mechanic to do something tat you can do yourself.Replacement of shocks?
If you can do stuff on the lift at shop class, surely you can unbolt %26amp; replace shocks and struts. Just get or have on hand the right size wrenches and so forth. just do 1 corner at a time %26amp; possibly align the thing when you are done. if you don't have your own alignment machine take it to a shop or maybe they have one at the school. alignment is also very easy unless you are working on a previous wrecked car, then it takes a lot longerReplacement of shocks?
for safety sake take it to a shop for the front as I believe it has Mcpherson struts but the rear should be shocks and if you jack up the rear end and support the body on stands (not the rear axle) so the axle will drop taking the presure off the axle you should be able to do it. I like having a manual for the car for references. you may need to slightly lift the rear axle to take the tension off the shock attaching nots/bolts. when I reinstall I wouls attach the top bolt on the shock and slowly jack the axle back up to align my lower mount then lower and tinghten all bolts to specs
