Any "gotchas" you might care to pass on ???
Lester
On Jun 24, 2006, at 1:33 PM, Adrian Jones wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I've managed to swap rear springs from side to side.
> Many thanks to the list for suggestions and encouragement,
> especially Guy R Day.
> The good news is the sagging on the drivers side is now hardly
> noticeable and the "clank" on cornering has gone away!
> The rear shackle bushes were totally shot. I also replaced the
> shackles and all hardware.
> It was one of those jobs you are sorry you started but next year
> I'll be saying "Oh yeah, that can be done in an hour or two."
> Useful things to have include ratchet wrenches, magnetic bowl for
> putting hardware in, and "mechanics gloves". "T*ts on a Boar Pig"
> Award goes to those Craftman wrenches ("slip lock" or somesuch
> word) that make out you can tighten a nut without ever taking the
> wrench of the nut. Seemed to work on the demo in the store. If
> they didn't have a box end (ring) at the other end they would have
> been hurled into the woods.
>
> Onward and upward - please see my next question on tuning a 1500
> Midget.
>
> Regards, Adrian
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