2002 rear shocks
I have a 2002 Buick Lesabre Limited. RR shock was leaking oil. I read past threads and was encouraged by what members had to say about the ease of replacement with the Monroe MA822 shocks. I purchased a pair, old shocks came out with no problem. However when installing the shocks into the existing upper shock mount, I did not have enough threads on the stud to allow the nut to go on. I compared the old shock to the Monroe. Orginal shock was threaded all the way to the end of the stud, the monroe threaded only to within 1/2" to the end of the stud.
Anything short of going to Buick and paying their high prices for OEM, is their any other shock out there that could solve this problem or has anyone solved the problem by replacing the stock upper mount with a Monroe or KYB mount, allowing the use of the MA822?
Thanks for any feedback! - Rick
Last edited by 2buicks; 10-10-2010 at 08:13 AM.
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