Rear Shocks. Can't access upper mount bolts. Misaligned

[Tarquin]

Hey everyone,

Today I tried to replace the rear shocks on my 2005 S60 2.5T AWD and since this is my first time working on shocks, I watched some videos... Looks pretty easy and straight forward.

When I removed the trunk liner and the little round foam over the shock mount, I was a little surprised.

I expected to see three bolts for the shock mount and 1 bigger bolt in the center for the shock.

They are there, but not lined up, and not attached to the body the way I expected.
From the pictures I'm sure it looks like I have already taken out some bolts, but I haven't. That's the way I found it. I believe that they are the original shocks & the round foam disks were both still glued down.
Right side 2005 S60 2.5T AWD:

S60-Right-Rear-Shock.jpg

Right side 2005 S60 2.5T AWD:

S60-Left-rear-shock.jpg

I took a look at my 2001 V70 2.4T and THAT'S what I expected to see (Here's a picture for comparison) The V70 looks good.
V70 2001 2.4T:

V70-Rear-Shock.jpg

My question is... If I undo the one accessible bolt for the shock mount will I be able to easily move it into position by hand or is there something else I need to do first?

Can I proceed with the shocks? Or am I going to need to bring it in or get special tools?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

[abscate]

Load your images in the post (Full Editor mode, attachments, Add files ) so we can see the hot mess and figure out a strategy

[Rattnalle]

The AWD cars use struts in the rear while fwd cars use separately mounted spring and shock. I think that's why you're not seeing what you expect.

[Tarquin]

Load your images in the post (Full Editor mode, attachments, Add files ) so we can see the hot mess and figure out a strategy

Thank you for your reply and help with posting images. I have edited the post to include the images.
Initially I tried including the images with the [img] tag. Guess it didn't work

[Tarquin]

The AWD cars use struts in the rear while fwd cars use separately mounted spring and shock. I think that's why you're not seeing what you expect.

Ahhh... That could be it. Thank you.
This is my first AWD car.
Can it be that youtube videos (on FWD cars) gave me heightened confidence? LOL