Wagon rear shocks - How do you get at the tops?

[hak073]

We've had some new rear shocks put in last Friday (Monroe GTs) and there is a damn rattle there now. Sounds like something isn't done up tight. I wanted to see if I could check the top mounts of the shocks, but looking under where the spare wheel is, I can't see how you get to the top nuts.

This could be a silly question, but how do you get to the tops? Does the boot need pulling apart? Under the back seat maybe?

 

[Benboy]

Open the tail gate, lift or remove the carpet, look for the Shock Absorber cover, remove it and then undo nut. Good luck.

 

[ducker85]

If its like the sedan you can't access the top thru the boot.

Jack the car up, take a wheel off and there's 4 15mm bolts holding the strut to the car. Yeah you need to remove the strut and these 4 bolts to access the shock top bolt/nut

 

[simple wagon]

yep, wagon is the same. gotta take it out from underneath, i found this out when upgrading my suspension

 

[hak073]

Thanks for the replies guys. I'd better break out the jack and axle stands and have a poke around.