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Mob +46 70-396 42 13 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Studly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Chevelle Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 4:56 PM Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] Q: Safest way to take apart the front suspension? > Mike's directions are good. For an added measure of safety when I did mine, > we ran a chain through the spring and the lower control arm and then > padlocked it together as a safety catch, in case the spring decided it > wanted to fly out of there. > > Also, be sure to place the car plenty high on your jackstands. The lower > control arm needs to pivot quite a way down to get the spring out. > > -Dave > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike Holleman > Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 10:53 AM > To: The Chevelle Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Q: Safest way to take apart the front > suspension? > > > Pelle, I don't know where to send you for instructions, but I can tell you > how I remove springs safely. Get the front end up and on jack stands. Put > the stands under the frame approx in line with the firewall. Remove the > wheels from both sides of the car. Take the cotter pins out of the ball > joints and back the nuts off a few turns, enough to allow the joints to pop > loose when you apply pressure to them. This is where it gets tricky. Roll a > hyd. floor jack under the front end from the opposite side from which you > are working. Put the jack under the lower control arm as far out as you can, > for max leverage. (by the way the shocks should already be removed). Now > jack the car up by the control arm until the weight is off of both jack > stands. The spring is now compressed. At this point you can pop the ball > joints and remove the nuts. Now slowly lower the car back on to the jack > stands and allow the lower control arm to fully extend. At this point there > should be little pressure on the spring and it should be able to be pried > out of it's perch. It will take a spring compressor to the get the spring > back in and compressed enough to reattach your ball joints. > I have used this method many times and with success each time, but be sure > to use extra caution anytime you are dealing with a compressed coil spring. > Also, I don't let anyone help me when I do this. The most dangerous time is > when you are letting the tension off the spring and you will not be in > danger because you are operating the floor jack from the opposite side of > the car. I have never had a spring jump out of the perch, but the man that > taught me how to do this has. Hope this helps. > Mike Holleman > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pelle Andersson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Chevelle Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 4:13 AM > Subject: [Chevelle-list] Q: Safest way to take apart the front suspension? > > > > Is there any step by step guide somewhere? With pictures ;-) > > I DON'T want to get those BB Coils in my face :-( > > Is it a hard to change to tubular A-arms? > > > > Best regards > > Pelle Andersson > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > http://members.chello.se/gearheads/ > > http://members.chello.se/gearheads/members/pelle/pelle.html > > > > Mob +46 70-396 42 13 > > > > > > > > >
