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Re: Rear springs renewal - final report

To: Adrian Jones <adrianjones747@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Rear springs renewal - final report
From: Lester Ewing <lewing@sport.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 10:23:46 -0500
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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