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> I did however manage to do some major suspension work,
> replacing the stock RB front springs with some 8" free length
> nice-and-stiff types (so much easier to get those in
> and out of a 'B than compressing those RB 10.25" things!).
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> -Keith Wheeler
> Team Sanctuary http://www.teamsanctuary.com/
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So Keith, how DID you compress the old springs? I removed the
springs on my '72 to replace the A-arms, and none of the spring
compressors I could find could be maneuvered into the available
space. I ended up putting a half-dozen jumbo radiator hose clamps on
each one and slowly tightened them in sequence until the spring was
short enough to remove. I probably looked like a bomb squad tech
carrying the springs away from the car, I was so worried the clamps
wouldn't hold until I got the spring over to the wall-mount
compressor!
Scott
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