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Originally Posted by piece-itpete
So you don't have to write a book hillbilly, is this the way you do it, or do you disconnect the ball joint and lower the oitside of the control arm?
"when i swaped my stock springs out and replaced them with cut Pi springs, i seperated the spindle fromt the ball joint with a jack under it lowered the jack from in front of the car. once it was all the way down i was able to squeeze the spring rotate it and get it out. the PI springs sat in the upper bucket popped into the lower arm getting the spindle reattached was a pain since there was no motor in the car, i had to have three people sit on the car in order to compress the spring.
it was not that bad to do, just when you lower the jack during removal stand in front of the car. Also if you unbolt the top of the shock and leave the lower bolts in, the spring will not be able to fly out very easilly. just drop the arm until the spring is no longer compresses, remove the shock and then pull the spring out."
Pete
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You beat me to writing the book Pete, but thats basicly the way I do them too ( sorta ). I jack the car up some and put a second floorjack under the control arm, break the lower joint lose, remove the shock completely, then lower the control arm very slowly and once the spring is lose I'll pull the jack out from under the lower arm. Then I'll pry downwards on the lower arm enough to pull the spring out. When it comes to makin' do, it seems you do alright. In my case, I have to rely on my backwoods creativity & what little common sense I have since I'm not made of money. Dad always told me I orta be glad for growing up dirt poor because if things had been better growing up .. I'd still not only lack book smarts, but I'd have turned out dumb as a rock to boot.
