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Re: Rear Spring Install Tip

To: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Rear Spring Install Tip
From: Philip Hubbard <phubbard@carroll.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 23:40:07 -0400
In-reply-to: <1.5.4.32.19980722203201.00695894@mail.pond.com>
Reply-to: Philip Hubbard <phubbard@carroll.com>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
At 04:32 PM 7/22/98 -0400, you wrote:
>I also recently replaced the rear springs on the '65 and they haven't sagged
>yet(hoping they're not cheap replacements!).
>
>Anyway, I had trouble lining the rear axle U-bolts, also.  So my dad found
>one of his rigged tools for who-knows-what - 2 U shaped metal pieces
>connected by a long, thin bolt to form an "O".  

<snip>

Sounded like a good plan, but with my abilities making the gadget would
likely take as long as just jacking up the springs to get the right fit. :)

Philip
Burgundy 1974 Midget

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