You wrote:
>
>>From my experience of doing this, you will have to separate the lower
>A-arm from the hub carrier and remove the sway bar. This is how I
went
>about doing this, may not be the safe and recommended way mind you.
>
>1.Remove the front sway bar.
>
>2.(this is where one might be skeptical) After removing the shocks,
wrap
>the spring with high tension wire numerous times, from as high as you
can
>go to as low as you can go. Be conservative and wrap it like a man
>possessed. I used 50-lbs wire and wrapped it 6 times in 3 places
around
>the spring. This will allow you to drop the lower A-arm without the
>spring's tension helping it out.
>
>3.once the spring is wrapped exceptionally well, lift the car up high
>enough to be able to drop the lower A-arm down vertically.
>
>4.Watch the spring easily drop out after undoing the lower ball joint,
>and swinging the A-arm out of the way.
>
Some years ago I removed both of mine (series IV), without the use of
wire or any other special tools. The spring doesnt actually expand very
far, and with the CAREFUL use of jacks etc to relieve the spring
pressure slowly the lower A can be dropped and the spring removed. It
can also be replaced in the same way.
But just because I did it doesnt mean you should, so you do so at your
own risk.
John
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