03 spring strut assembly help

[tubbs89]

Ive got an 03 taurus and when i was replacing the brakes yesterday i noticed that the springs and struts were bad so i was wondering how hard it is to replace them? and if anyone could give me advice on like a how to.... that would be great!

I was looking at it and it looks fairly easy to do but i didn't know if there were any tricky bolts or nuts. Thanks

[rdh2]

Front or rear??????

Monroe Quick Struts are the easiest as they are preassembled and ready to bolt on.

[shorod]

How did you determine they are bad? Are they leaking?

-Rod

[tubbs89]

yeah there in the front.... yeah i went ahead and got the pre assembled shock and strut unit.


And to tell if they were bad they had a little leakage coming out plus they are still the oem ones and the car has over 130k miles... plus it bounces like crazy up and down in the front.

[shorod]

The reason I asked is because I don't often see bad OEM struts on Fords. But, after 130k miles, it's not too unreasonable.

-Rod

[shorod]

The reason I asked is because I don't often see bad OEM struts on Fords. But, after 130k miles, it's not too unreasonable.

-Rod