Alfa Romeo Spider - Rear shocks

[@ksharpe131]

Thanks for the video. I have to change my front and rear shocks tomorrow on my 1975 Spider. This is a great help. It is hard working while holding a camera in the other hand but you did better than I.

[@randellgribben9772]

quick top. if you are replacing the old shocks with new .the shocks are mounted upside down, so just get some vise grips latch onto the piston shaft, get a deep well, medium is great and a ratchet and just turn those nuts off, one at a time, the from inside of car. pull rug down , remove those 2 plates,Phillips screwdiver, now get a 13 mm Shockley and a 6 inch extender, remove nuts and pull shock out. pull plastic cover off and remove the top of the shocks. Now just reverse to install.( no vice grips ) and use anti seize on all the threads, after it is installed, cover the lower nut and bolts with a thin cover of lithium red grease, this will make it easier to remove later..

[@randellgribben9772]

this if you are removing oem spica shocks

[@nippin9805]

Thanks for the info, just a question… the rear of my spider is too high , how I can lower it?

[@twiki1559]

THANK YOU!!! I'm about to replace the rear shocks and didn't know about them coming out the top. The factory service manual is totally worthless. I was thinking "will have have to partially disassemble the rear suspensions to drop the unit out the bottom?" Thankfully the answer is "no".

[@albagr01]

No problem, really easy. check alfabb.com too. Great place to find others who have already done the work.

[@warmblood58]

Small impact wrench will spin nut off faster than shock can turn - works great. I have an identical '83, same color, Rosso 514, same Veloce interior

[@chrispalmer6336]

Just bought an 82 that I'm just starting lol, seeing all the "fun" I'm going to have with this project.