On Fri, 27 Jan 1995 DROYDX@aol.com wrote:
> Replacement was easy, maybe the only tricky part was compressing the spring
> and remounting the spring perch. I used a chain through the frame and over
> the shock that allowed me to use a floor jack (chain goes under the floor
> jack and makes a circle) to compress the bugger. Check some of the
> restoration books....Lindsey Porters' helped me get the picture.
>
There's an easier way. Make 4 long "bolts" from threaded stock, available
at hardware stores. Slip the springs through the holes in the lower A
arms, and put the spring pans under them. Use the sections of threaded
stock (together with nuts and washers to taste) to draw the pans up
against the A arms, compressing the springs. The, one at a time, remove
the threaded stock "bolts" and replace them with the originals.
Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
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