Actually on a RB Midget this is the only way to do it. The spring is too
long to clear the little centering hump in the spring pan. They will come
out that way tho. I know we tried this past weekend on Allen H's Midget. It
was kind of humorous watching 3 guys try to get the spring back in the way
you describe. With a 3 foot pry bar to try and compress the spring.
With one bolt a little long it actually works pretty good, as long as you
don't have to grind off the rust encased bolts. My springs are shorter, but
also much stiffer so I still have to do it that way.
Oh well, live and learn.
Larry
On 7/8/01 12:06 PM, "Barney Gaylord" <barneymg@ntsource.com> wrote:
>
> Now for another method, some folks occasionally suggest removing the four
> small bolts to separate the spring pan from the lower arm without unbolting
> the outer links, and then lowering the jack to let the pan come free of the
> lower a-arm. That seems like such a PITA way to do it that I don't suppose
> I would ever try it, but if I ever did I would indeed be very cautious
> about letting the spring force go suddenly. Once the spring pan comes free
> of the lower arm there is nothing to guide it, so it has the potential of a
> sudden sidewise motion if the jack were to slip. I suppose it would also
> be a bit of a pain for reassembly in the reverse manner.
>
> $.02,
>
> Barney Gaylord
> 1958 MGA with an attitude
> http://www.ntsource.com/~barneymg
>
>
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