Folks,
I have to thank everyone who responded to this question.
The differential, spring, et al are out of the frame now. Removing the spring
as several people suggested did the trick. Sure didn't look like it needed to
come off but I bow to the experienced ones as always.
HardWay now only has his engine and front suspension/steering to come off the
frame and he will be over the 'hump' and starting reassembly.
Spring won't come soon enough. <G>
Thanks again to all of you.
Jim and Judy
John & Tracy Knox wrote:
> The spring does have to be removed from the differential as the spring helps
> hld everything together. Two things the manual won't tell you is that the
> pin sticks in the top of the differential so you have to really force it
> down. We pounded on the top of the spring with a soft hammer to break it
> loose. Second the differential gets stuck in the mount in the back. We
> used a pry bar between the differential and the frame. It came out hard,
> but it did come out. Depends on the car. Some come apart easy, some hard.
> Oh another thing is that once the bolts are free you can bounce the spring
> up and down by the end. This flexes the spring and that helps free it from
> the diff. Hope this helps.
>
> John
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