So doing replacement rear shocks on my 79 Fairmont Futura, KYB Excel-G, checked every source I can find and I have the correct part number...
My rear shocks have just a rubber bushing in the eye, with a shoulder bolt and steel spacer between the shock and frame support... The KYB had a molded in bushing with sleeve that is not flush with the bushing and too small diameter for the shoulder of the bolt, and the sleeve OD is too large for the spacer to fit on the backside... I can't use a smaller bolt as the frame hole is too large and it'll have slop...
Does everyone list the wrong shock? Can the KYB bushing be pressed/hammered out and original bushing re-used? (Hate to do that... it's old) I'm stuck!
Tried to hammer the new bushing out but didn't spend much time as it seemed like it was molded in and didn't want to move easily...
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