Rear shock install_problems

[DAndy ART]

Hi there.

I have a 67 Dart and new Hotchkis shocks. I am totally struggling to slide on the shock/bushing onto the upper shock mount/ peg. It is all lubed up like a suckling pig, tried warm water to soften the rubber but only goes on just over halfway. I have tried gently tapping on with a mallet, different angles, wiggling AND jiggling. I have wrestled enough. The measurements are tight but not impossible.

What am I doing wrong?

Cheers, Andy

 

[ScampMike]

probably just need a touch more elbow grease... are they urethane bushings?

 

[DAndy ART]

The car is on stands.

 

[ScampMike]

sorry - I misread the issue... fixed my first post. So it's not that they won't go onto the upper AND lower - they just won't slide onto the uppers?

 

[TrailBeast]

Put a little more man into it and they will go on.