Just to add to the discussion. I replaced the springs in the Midget
several years ago. and used the Jack-On-The-Pan method. As I recall
(being an OF not perfect) the Midget spring extends anbout 1-2" below the
A-Arm when fully released. The rebound bush at the top is about the same
length so the chances are slim but NOT impossible for the spring to take
a fly. Or maybe that is the length of the lowered springs I put on at the
time? Regardless the chain idea is a good one and one I will practice and
suggest to others.
Larry Macy
78 Midget
>>Is it really safe to put a jack under the spring pan while working on the
>>bushings? I have also read messages that talk about a clamp to hold the
>>springs...
>>
>>I guess I have visions of this huge spring doing something ugly to someone
>>under the car if it decided to get a bit cattawampus while the jack was on
>>it...
>>
>
>A valid point. While installing GT coil springs in a 1969 Mustang (many
>years ago), I had a coil spring compressor break (the hook part fractured)
>and the beast (the spring) clipped me in the knee on it's way to the far
>recesses of the garage. It only takes once to understand how dangerous coil
>springs can be, even with the right equipment. To this day, my knee is not
>the same. Please, use care.
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Alan Lott
>GTA Dept of RSE
>Auburn University
>
>'71 MGB (rolling restoration)
>
>"Diplomacy is the ability to let other people have things your way."
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