Day 80 - 5/26/12

Today is spring day! The rear of the car sags to one side, so with the shocks out they basically fall out. So we flip flopped them side to side. Then dad showed me an old trick to get the fronts out!

A little help of a pry bar and they're out.

 

Jacked up the arm, and loosened the lower nut, but not all the way. Then we used a hammer attachment on a air chisel to break the taper fit from the spindle. The spring's tension helped break it apart.

Loosen the nut all the way and the spring will push the arm down!

I borrowed a coil spring compressor from the local parts store to make it possible to take the springs out!

Cut about 2/3 of a coil off the bottom. We'll see if that's enough, probably not!