Rear Shock Replacement

[Neil]

Has anyone replaced their rear shocks yet?  Mine have been bad for several months now and I just ordered the parts.  I plan to DIY this weekend.  It was hard to find the correct shock.  The Energi has a different shock than the standard Fusion, probably because of the additional weight that is always in the rear.  The Monroe part number for the OEMSpectrum Shock for the Energi seems to be is 5667.  I think the OEM part number is Part Number: 119724-05640075 but I'm not 100% sure of that.  When I take the old ones off this weekend I'll validate the part number.  

 

The Monroe OEMSpectrum has a lifetime warranty and the replacement looks pretty straight forward, so if it blows out as fast as the OEM shock did (60k) I'll at least get a replacement for free.  I'm hopping it'll fix the terrible handling I have been dealing with for the last several months.  It's gotten really bad.  Every time I go over a bump the car bounces down the road.  I hope I haven;t damaged any other suspension parts by not replacing the shocks sooner.  

 

The OEM replacement shock was $80/each from the dealer.  The Monroe shocks were $38 each with a lifetime warranty.  

Edited November 13, 2017 at 03:45 PM by Neil

[Neil]

UPDATE:  Installed ONE shock this weekend.  Monroe sent the wrong set of mounting nuts so I could only install one shock.  The job is REALLY easy.  The hardest part was figuring out that to mount the new shock the suspension needs to be loaded.  I was using a jack stand on the frame rather than the axle.  Once I jacked up the axle the mounting brackets aligned and it was a piece of cake.  

 

The bottom mount of the OEM shock is threaded but the replacement shock is not and requires crimped lock nuts to attach it.  Each replacement shock came with a set of nuts including a nylon thread lock nut for the top of the shock and two crimped lock nuts for the bottom.  Unfortunately the hardware pack of one of my replacement shocks had two top nuts and one bottom nut rather than one top nut and two bottom nuts.  Even though I only have one good shock right now, the ride is TREMENDOUSLY better.  Big difference when going over speed bumps.  I assume it is putting a lot of pressure on the one good shock since it has to dampen the entire rear of the car, but a few days shouldn't hurt it.  Also, the new shocks come with a lifetime warranty, so it if blows out I can always get a new one for free.  Now that I know how to do it, the installation is a literally less than 30 minutes, with most of that time being jacking up the car and taking the tire off/on.