I don't know if you have gotten a response on this,
but if you take out the 3 bolts by the lower shock
mount, the reaining plate just falls off.
If you have heard this already, this message will self
destruct in about 300 years. Sorry :)
Don Miller
68 V-6 Turbo
70 2000
Meridian, ID
--- Pam & Paul Bauman <plhbauman@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I thought I'd say it twice, since both fronts are
> out of the a-arms now.
>
> After getting frustrated with the whole thing last
> weekend, I stopped
> working on the front end problem and started
> painting. Tonight, I guess
> I just needed a little more stress in my life, so I
> went back out and
> puzzled over it awhile. I realized two things:
>
> 1. The shocks weren't way too big for the hole
> in the lower a-arm,
> just a litle too big, and
>
> 2. I was going to throw them away, anyhow.
>
> I pushed down the piston rod, put a long, flat blade
> screwdriver on top
> of the rod, shot some WD40 on the shock body and
> whack! A couple of hits
> and the top rod was clear of the upper a-arm. slid
> an old box end wrench
> under a coil on the spring and over the piston rod
> and levered the
> little suckers right thru the hole. Didn't even have
> to jack the frame.
>
> Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind :-)
>
> I know this probably won't work in all cases, the
> shocks on my car were
> old Midas units and were just a snug fit. Check the
> diameter of the
> shocks and the hole carefully before breaking out
> the 6 pound sledge!
> Also, the holes in the a-arms weren't perfectly
> round, they had a few
> small flat spots here and there that I'll probably
> dress up with a round
> file before painting and reinstalling new shocks.
>
> So don't make plans to come and sit on my car this
> weekend...even though
> the paint is drying nicely.
>
> Paul
> 67 1600
>
>
>
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