Hi Mike,
Thanks for sharing it. I'll let you know what happens.
Bud Krueger
Mike Lishego wrote:
> >It depends. If you can lift your car high enough to let tires roll
> around
> >underneath, leave the wheels on. But you probably don't. It is
> handy to undo
> >almost everything and let the axle rotate down on the front spring
> mounts.
>
> As if you don't have enough info to confuse you, I'll add another
> alternative method. When doing a rear end swap on my 'B, I dropped
> my parts car onto myself by forgetting to support the car and *not*
> the rear axle. I do not recommend this method. <VBG> On the
> 'good' car, (and I use 'good' very loosely!), I supported the car
> with two jackstands under the spring hangers nearest to the battery
> bins. I unbolted the brake lines, the axle from the springs, and
> the rear spring hangers (right next to the gas tank.) I then took a
> jack where I had one of the rear spring hangers and realized that
> the driveshaft was still attached, so I spent 20 minutes detaching
> it...Then, I jacked up one side of the car and rolled that end of
> the axle out of harm's way. I moved around to the other side and
> followed suit, setting the car onto the jackstands. It was the only
> way I could do it myself without removing the springs entirely.
>
> >The only "iffy" part is that the front sping mounts don't pivot
> down like spring
> >shackles and it can be holy hell getting the pivot bolts out of
> there if there has
> >been any rust. (Wadda you wanna bet?)
>
> I guess I got lucky when both of my cars had free-swinging rear
> springs. I can see how those pivot pins could sieze...
>
> >Be careful, though, the axle alone is something over 200 pounds. I
> know Lawrie
> >says that two strong helpers can do wonders but 1) where the hell
> can you find
> >them and afford the beverage fee and 2) we all know Lawire doesn't
> get any so he
> >has all that pent up adrenalin; bench pressing axles may not be any
> big deal to
> >him.
>
> Bench-pressing the axle isn't too bad. It is pretty well balanced.
> I was able to convince my girlfriend at the time to help with the
> job. I showed off how buff I was by holding the axle up while she
> hooked the spring back onto the hanger and threaded the bolt
> finger-tight. (We won't count how much cursing went on, or how sore
> I was the next morning...)
>
> Michael S. Lishego
> http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/3706/
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