Philip,
I have been using a threaded rod and nuts to remove my front coils
its pretty easy if a little time consuming cost under $5.00. and takes
about half an hour a side to just swap springs. If you decide to change
springs later on you can still reuse the bushings. Actually you would
not need to touch the front ones when you are replacing the front coils.
Try just changing the bushings the lowered springs stiffen up the ride
quite a bit and you may scrape the bottom of the car on speed bumps,
depending on how low your exhaust hangs.
>Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 20:30:10 -0400
>To: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
>From: Philip Hubbard <phubbard@carroll.com>
>Subject: Suspension Bushings
>Reply-To: Philip Hubbard <phubbard@carroll.com>
>
>Ok, so now we all know I have to replace bushings in front and rear
>suspension. I was going to buy the polyeurythane upgrades to the
regular
>rubber ones, but maybe I should wait. I may be buying different
springs
>front and back to lower the supspension a bit for better handling. If
I do
>that within 6 months to a year will I have to replace the rubber parts?
Is
>this lowering worth it in the list's opinion?
>
>And lastly a question on removing the front coils. I planned on using
the
>Hayne's manual's method of long bolts and nuts. Then I saw a tool in
the
>VB catalog for compressing the springs. Anyone used it? Is using the
bolt
>method really all that much more difficult?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Philip
>Burgundy 1974 Midget
>
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