I used two jacks to do this with no problem. I jacked up the car and then
put a sissors jack under the pan on one side, unscrewed the bolts and then
slowly jacked the pan and spring down with no problem. Didn't seem like much
tension though. I did have to tap the sissors jack just a hair to line it up
when replacing the spring so that the bolts would line up.
Scott
76 B
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Let's assume the car is on four axle stands and I put a 2-ton hydraulic
jack under a front suspension pan just taking its weight. Here's a
couple of questions:
a. Once I remove the four pan screws won't the spring tension against
the jack push the car upwards and the spring itself God knows where (on
my head perhaps)?
b. While attempting to put a new spring in, won't the car rise, again
with the jack pushing the spring upwards?
So, if you have tried it yourself, is it better to use (tiny?) spring
compressors or will the jack method work just fine both removing and
replacing the spring? What else can I do?
Evangelos
73 B GT
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