Huh , what a couple of soft cocks
Jorian ,you don't say what type of shock you have . Mine is a mazocchi duo shock. The only special tool needed is a spring compressor. There used to be kits available to rebuild the mazocchi and I'm sure Olin's did one ( there have been 2 stock shocks used Mazocchi and Olin's ). The rebuild ain't much more than cleaning ,replacing parts in the kit , and re-oiling/reassembly. The missing distance pieces don't need someone with a degree to replace either. Even shoving a few washers in there would do the job .......admittedly some nice spacers would look better than a bunch of washers but they would work . Apart from us lot eBay and Google are your friends too