Where to place floor jack and jackstans when changing front shocks
If they’re original, yes. At least the lower shock bolts I’ve encountered have been. 5/8” head and 11/16” nut. But if they’ve been swapped they can be almost anything.
You can raise the front ride height by tightening the torsion bar adjusting bolt, which is on the bottom of the LCA. This should be done with no weight on the suspension.
But it’s more complicated than just that. If you raise it up you will need an alignment, because raising the suspension changes the alignment specs.
How much you need to raise it depends on your torsion bars too. I see you have aftermarket upper control arms, so I wouldn’t want to assume you have stock torsion bars.
The factory measurement is in the FSM, this is the relevant page. A-bodies are the “V and L” car line. If you have stock torsion bars, you’ll need to get close to the factory measurement or you’ll constantly be hitting the bump stops
If they’re original, yes. At least the lower shock bolts I’ve encountered have been. 5/8” head and 11/16” nut. But if they’ve been swapped they can be almost anything.
You can raise the front ride height by tightening the torsion bar adjusting bolt, which is on the bottom of the LCA. This should be done with no weight on the suspension.
But it’s more complicated than just that. If you raise it up you will need an alignment, because raising the suspension changes the alignment specs.
How much you need to raise it depends on your torsion bars too. I see you have aftermarket upper control arms, so I wouldn’t want to assume you have stock torsion bars.
The factory measurement is in the FSM, this is the relevant page. A-bodies are the “V and L” car line. If you have stock torsion bars, you’ll need to get close to the factory measurement or you’ll constantly be hitting the bump stops