Woah, talk about timing. I just installed my anti-sway bar yesterday,
which (for me) involved replacing spring pans, A arms, and bushings
(while I had it apart, may as well do some proper minor work).
On Sun, 8 Jul 2001, Barney Gaylord wrote:
<snip standard suggested way, Barney covered>
> 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.
In my case, the lower outer link was completely corroded in place. I
couldn't budge the bolt, even with the assistance of an air hammer.
I ended up unbolting the 4 spring pan nuts and (slowly) lowering the
pan. It wasn't as easy, certainly more spooky to do, but it worked.
We then could remove the A arms (1 complete with the front link
doodad). Not fun. My guess is that it didn't get proper greasing
during it's life.
We reassembled normally.
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My opinions are mine and do not reflect the views of the University.
'75 B
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