How to Install the Front Bilstein Shocks on a Silverado
- 1). Park the Silverado on a level surface. Activate the parking brake. Lift the front end of the truck with the jack. Put jack stands underneath the front crossmember and lower the truck onto the stands. Take off the front wheels with the tire iron.
- 2). Clamp the pliers onto the top of the stock shock absorber and then loosen the nut underneath the top of the shock using an open-end wrench. Unbolt the bottom of the shock from the lower control arm using the 3/8-inch ratchet and socket and lower the shock out and away from the suspension.
- 3). Slide the Bilstein shock up through the lower control arm and bolt the bottom of the shock to the lower control arm. Bolt the top of the shock to the frame using the pliers and an open-end wrench.
- 4). Reinstall the wheels with the tire iron and lower the Silverado off the stands with the jack.
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