Or one could simplyy use the weight of the car to compress the spring.
Then, when the a-arm is freee from the ball joint, simply raise the cars
weight up and vioala (sic).
regards-Chris
On Thu, 16 May 1996, John Souders wrote:
> 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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