Done fronts a few times, rears once on the project chassis. They were no trouble.
Trying to put the stock springs back in (don't ask), and they're quite tall and a bugger to get up on and lined up with the cup hole. They will not stay up in position on the arm.
One question;
Do you disconnect the driveshaft?
Seems doing so might allow the suspension to drop further. Right now at the full down position, I can see the driveshaft yoke is pushed fully into the trans tailshaft.
If I can get the arms down another 2-3" (lots of flexline left) I could slip the cup into the pigtail and fish the hole with the bolt (it's quite long) without prying and holding the spring up on the lower arm. Once the bolts are just in I could compress the suspension till the arms come up to near horizontal. Then tighten the cups.
Any tricks. I could always just metal band them at work this weekend.
Cheers, Mark
2drpost said
May 5, 2011
mark, did you disconnect the panhard bar? it helps....
jonathanD said
May 5, 2011
i used the weight of my mom and sister and stel toe boots to get mine in =)
cdnpont said
May 5, 2011
Thats it! My Mom and sister! I'll cal them right now.
Thanks Jonathan.
Yep, panhard disconnected Dave.
seventy2plus2 said
May 5, 2011
for the 5 minutes it'll take to disconnect the driveshaft at the rear yoke, give it a try.
2+2 Double take said
May 5, 2011
jonathanD wrote:
i used the weight of my mom and sister and stel toe boots to get mine in =)
hope your mom and sister dont read this or you may loose your help
StriperSS said
May 5, 2011
2+2 Double take wrote:
jonathanD wrote:
i used the weight of my mom and sister and stel toe boots to get mine in =)
hope your mom and sister dont read this or you may loose your help
Thanks, I just spit coke all over my keyboard!
jonathanD said
May 5, 2011
StriperSS wrote:
2+2 Double take wrote:
jonathanD wrote:
i used the weight of my mom and sister and stel toe boots to get mine in =)
hope your mom and sister dont read this or you may loose your help
Thanks, I just spit coke all over my keyboard!
LOL
cdnpont said
May 5, 2011
seventy2plus2 wrote:
for the 5 minutes it'll take to disconnect the driveshaft at the rear yoke, give it a try.
I will. Just wondered if it was common practice.
4SPEED427 said
May 5, 2011
More common than the weight of my mom and sister and steel toe boots.....
jonathanD said
May 6, 2011
Carl Stevenson wrote:
More common than the weight of my mom and sister and steel toe boots.....
everyone has there ways of doing it lol mine is just the best way LOL
carbuff2007 said
May 6, 2011
What I did was disconnect the panhard, shocks and driveshaft and you will not have any problems in fact I had to put a jack under the rearend to keep it from going down to far
Pontiacanada said
May 6, 2011
jonathanD wrote:
i used the weight of my mom and sister and stel toe boots to get mine in =)
Why didn't you get your Grand Mother involved also? She's just sitting around knitting and stuff.
Done fronts a few times, rears once on the project chassis. They were no trouble.
Trying to put the stock springs back in (don't ask), and they're quite tall and a bugger to get up on and lined up with the cup hole. They will not stay up in position on the arm.
One question;
Do you disconnect the driveshaft?
Seems doing so might allow the suspension to drop further. Right now at the full down position, I can see the driveshaft yoke is pushed fully into the trans tailshaft.
If I can get the arms down another 2-3" (lots of flexline left) I could slip the cup into the pigtail and fish the hole with the bolt (it's quite long) without prying and holding the spring up on the lower arm. Once the bolts are just in I could compress the suspension till the arms come up to near horizontal. Then tighten the cups.
Any tricks. I could always just metal band them at work this weekend.
Cheers, Mark
mark, did you disconnect the panhard bar? it helps....
i used the weight of my mom and sister and stel toe boots to get mine in =)
Thats it! My Mom and sister! I'll cal them right now.
Thanks Jonathan.
Yep, panhard disconnected Dave.
for the 5 minutes it'll take to disconnect the driveshaft at the rear yoke, give it a try.
hope your mom and sister dont read this or you may loose your help
Thanks, I just spit coke all over my keyboard!
LOL
everyone has there ways of doing it lol mine is just the best way LOL
Why didn't you get your Grand Mother involved also? She's just sitting around knitting and stuff.