I made a home-made spring compressor about ten years ago. It worked fine
until I took the ball joints off and decompressed the spring. Even though
it looked like the spring was fully compressed when it came to the end of
the threaded rod. BANG!!! Wow, what energy. Make sure you get the
thickest that will fit the hole and long enough and then a bit extra. The
only thing I could not do is press in the new bushings. Be patient with the
bolts going into the frame. I used a long pipe for leverage and snapped a
bolt off. I wouldn't wish that nightmare on anyone. Plenty of Aerokroil
to loosen the bolts.
Robert
----- Original Message -----
From: jumpin'jan <servaij(at)cris.com>
To: robert nanzig <rnanzig(at)webtv.net>
Cc: <alpines(at)autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2000 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: front end overhaul
> robert,
> I would pull the whole front crossmember off the car to work on the
> suspension control arm bushings and such. To remove the springs, I have
> used an "all-thread" rod (from a hardware store) in the shock holes and
> compressed the spring by turning the nuts on the threaded rod. I haven't
> replace the bushings before, but Doug Jennings (Tiger Auto) can change
> those bushings for you. He knows the proceedure because he has done so
> many of them before.
> Jan
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