2004mountaineers
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- 2004 Mercury Mountaineer
Just notes on my total cost-tally:
6/8/23: 2004 Mercury: Replaced rear shocks and have parts/tools to replace front shocks.
61.58 -- rear shocks from ebay
28.62 -- pair of spring-compressors from amazon
9.26 -- 21mm 1/2 socket from amazon
21 -- pair of replacement sway-bar-links for rear, from rockauto.com
8.62 -- 13mm ratching wrench from amazon
7.53 -- 16mm / 18mm FLZOSPER 16×18mm Metric Flex-Head Gear Wrench，Double Box End Ratcheting Wrench，72-Tooth Ratchet Combination Chrome Vanadium Steel Spanner, from amazon. This was used on the upper nut of the sway-bar-links.
11.41 -- Amazon LDEXIN 13mm/0.51inch Flex-Head wrench for helping to remove the partially-removed-bumper-damper-covered 13mm nut on the top of the rear struts.
16 -- two replacement toe-link boots from OReilly's.
front only:
8.65 -- 25mm 1/2 socket from amazon for the front control-arm.
38.35 -- front shocks from rockauto.com
Grand total:
61.58 + 28.62 + 9.26 + 21 + 8.62 + 7.53 + 11.41 + 16 + 8.65 + 38.35 = 211.02
Notes:
1.I used four pole spring-compressors on each rear spring. Two of them were loaners from OReilly's.
2.I used two ball-joint-separator tools (and my own small pipe wrench) to remove the rear toe-links from their sockets. These were loaners from OReilly's.
3.After replacing the rear shock-absorbers, I test drove it on 6/8/23. The good news is that the bump at Chili's parking lot did not make a steel-on-steel slam as the rear end goes over it like it did before. However, when driving around the neighborhood, I am not sure I can tell any dramatic difference in ride. The bumps in that parking lot felt about the same in the front as in the rear as of 6/8/23. There may still need to be some "time" required for the shock-absorbers to get their fluids and gases mixed together properly, at least according to the youtube video.
4.As of the writing of this on 6/8/23, I have not yet replaced the front shock-absorbers.
5.The bumper-damper on the top of the rear struts -- I had to cut those off with a saw, and I did not replace them with anything.
6.The first (left rear) sway-bar link snapped in half when trying to torque the nut off. That was why I bought the two replacement ones from rockauto.
6/8/23: 2004 Mercury: Replaced rear shocks and have parts/tools to replace front shocks.
61.58 -- rear shocks from ebay
28.62 -- pair of spring-compressors from amazon
9.26 -- 21mm 1/2 socket from amazon
21 -- pair of replacement sway-bar-links for rear, from rockauto.com
8.62 -- 13mm ratching wrench from amazon
7.53 -- 16mm / 18mm FLZOSPER 16×18mm Metric Flex-Head Gear Wrench，Double Box End Ratcheting Wrench，72-Tooth Ratchet Combination Chrome Vanadium Steel Spanner, from amazon. This was used on the upper nut of the sway-bar-links.
11.41 -- Amazon LDEXIN 13mm/0.51inch Flex-Head wrench for helping to remove the partially-removed-bumper-damper-covered 13mm nut on the top of the rear struts.
16 -- two replacement toe-link boots from OReilly's.
front only:
8.65 -- 25mm 1/2 socket from amazon for the front control-arm.
38.35 -- front shocks from rockauto.com
Grand total:
61.58 + 28.62 + 9.26 + 21 + 8.62 + 7.53 + 11.41 + 16 + 8.65 + 38.35 = 211.02
Notes:
1.I used four pole spring-compressors on each rear spring. Two of them were loaners from OReilly's.
2.I used two ball-joint-separator tools (and my own small pipe wrench) to remove the rear toe-links from their sockets. These were loaners from OReilly's.
3.After replacing the rear shock-absorbers, I test drove it on 6/8/23. The good news is that the bump at Chili's parking lot did not make a steel-on-steel slam as the rear end goes over it like it did before. However, when driving around the neighborhood, I am not sure I can tell any dramatic difference in ride. The bumps in that parking lot felt about the same in the front as in the rear as of 6/8/23. There may still need to be some "time" required for the shock-absorbers to get their fluids and gases mixed together properly, at least according to the youtube video.
4.As of the writing of this on 6/8/23, I have not yet replaced the front shock-absorbers.
5.The bumper-damper on the top of the rear struts -- I had to cut those off with a saw, and I did not replace them with anything.
6.The first (left rear) sway-bar link snapped in half when trying to torque the nut off. That was why I bought the two replacement ones from rockauto.
