[Shotimes] Re: spring and struts replacement

[Ian Fisher]

And how do you lift an entire knuckle/strut assembly back onto the car
that weighs more than I care to remember? I have never needed to remove
the LCA bolt to remove the front struts. I simply hammer down on the
spindle to pop the strut out and push down on the LCA with a prybar. The
top 3 nuts at the top are unfastened last.

Ian


-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Alan Fanning
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 10:28 AM
To: SHOtimes
Subject: [Shotimes] Re: spring and struts replacement


Or the LCA to subframe bolt.

    Alan

> 
> To get out the front springs, it does help to remove the LCA from the 
> knuckle.
> 
> Tech states to replace the LCA pinch bolt, and probably the strut 
> pinch bolt as well. I'd only replace the LCA pinch bolt, and then only

> if the crush nut does not seem to apply enough force on the bolt (and 
> even then, I usually take a mallet to the nut and crush it a bit more 
> to provide good torque on the bolt).
> 
> David P
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