Dumb shock questions..

89 Cherokee (again...).

On the rear shocks, I'm confused which end to mount up. Does the short fat end go down while the metal shaft and red boot end attach at the top?

As you can see in the pics, the rear upper bushing attaches to the body via a shaft that passes thru the bushing. The ends of the shaft are flared to secure the shock to the body. The flared ends will not fit thru the supplied bushings, as best I can tell. I think if I put the bushing in the vice and squeeze I miiiiight be able to fit the shaft thru the bushing, but I am afraid I'll tear the inside of the bushing.

The FRONT shocks came packaged with a shaft and bushing that appear to be for the rear upper shock mounts. They have no place I can see on the front. The rear shocks were packaged with two bushings and two cylinders that fit inside the bushings. I assume these cylinders are for the bushing to ride on the bolt?

They also shipped me what appears to be a front shock mount conversion kit... To convert the front shock mounts from the stud type upper mount to the eye type (upper mount), however the front shocks I received are the stud type upper mount. The brackets are |_| Shaped with a hole in the center of the bottom, and a hole in the top center of each side. I'm only guessing what these are for at this point..

TIA for any help.

Carl