Originally Posted by Rookie Solara
Now...my turn for newbie question, I have a old silver looking AE mini-shock, now I have a new BLUE colored shock body, how can I reuse the exisitng shock compounant onto the new body....? Or, how can I put that white clip of that shock out of the shock body...? The whole thing look a little weak for me and I am afraid I will break the whole thing is I juse YANK the whole thing out...thanks.
You should replace the white retainer every time you take it out. If you don't they have a tendancy to pop out when you don't want them to. Associated sells a shock rebuild kit which has the tool for removing the retainer (just a piece of stiff wire), and internal parts for the shock.