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big110



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Front Shock Removal 2014 puma
I’m curious what the best practice is for removal of the front shocks on the 2014 puma. Appears the top of the shock towers have a cover on them in the engine bay. Best to just remove the covers to access the top bolt? It also looks like you could perhaps access it from the wheel arch but not much room.
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williamthedog



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Take the covers off. Undo the nut on the bottom of the shock. Undo the four 13mm nuts holding the turret to the chassis. Next just pull the turret and shock up through the inner wing where you've just taken the covers off. Easy job 10-15mins. Thumbs Up
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big110



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Wow! Me thinks this is so much better than dropping axle, pulling springs out and everything! Thank you mate!
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custom90



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Do soak those turret bolts in penetrating fluid I.e. WD40 the day before and clean the threads.
And go easy undoing them as they are prone to snap the studs off!

They also have a torque in the WSM to be tightened to.

Unless they are really old you shouldn't have a problem.

Tightening the top mount is not so straight forward though. Diesels Lives Matter. ⛽️🛢️👨‍🔧🧰⚙️
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big110



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What’s the tq required??

Also, what’s special about the top mount on the shock?
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custom90



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14NM.
This thread maybe of interest:
http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic16066....ing+torque Diesels Lives Matter. ⛽️🛢️👨‍🔧🧰⚙️
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big110



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Thx for that, steve!
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williamthedog



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The springs stay there if you're only replacing the shocks. No need to jack up or anything else. Springs are easy enough to change as well. Thumbs Up
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Biffas



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On a puma on the n/s you need to carefully move coolant hose out of the way and on the o/s you need to move air intake.
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NickMc



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Buy a spare set of turret rings and nuts before you start as it’s wet likely you’ll break at least one.
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