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Re: EM Removing Front Springs

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:58 am
by Wittsend
For sure I (now) wish I had released the ball joint over releasing the inner pivot. But what is done is done. In the end the result is the same though my method was more precarious. To quote Jeff Spicolli from Fast Times at Ridgemont High - "Danger is my business."

As to releasing tapered fits... . In 1976 I spent a year at Los Angeles Trade Technical College in the machine shop program. We had a tall, wiry student who resembled J.J. (Jimmy "Dynamite" Walker) on the TV show "Good Times." This slender, lightweight guy got a tool lodged in the Horizontal Mill so tight that the (heftier) teacher was hitting it like he was swinging for a home run with a 10 pound hammer. He must have hit the piece 10-20 times before it finally came loose.

Re: EM Removing Front Springs

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:56 pm
by whubbell
I just use threaded rod

Re: EM Removing Front Springs

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:34 pm
by jmiahman
Thanks this is probably the method I'll use when the time comes.

Re: EM Removing Front Springs

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:33 pm
by Frank DuVal
I just use threaded rod


Now where did I hear that? :tu: :clap: :thewave:

Re: EM Removing Front Springs

Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:06 am
by sparrow
What ever method you use, fasten a chain around the spring and control arm for added safety. Keep your head out of the wheel well when releasing tension!

Re: EM Removing Front Springs

Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:16 pm
by erco
sparrow wrote: Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:06 am What ever method you use, fasten a chain around the spring and control arm for added safety. Keep your head out of the wheel well when releasing tension!
Otherwise...