Ashford,
There are a couple of ways. The way I did it was to make a spring
compression tool that consisted of a piece of 1/2 threaded rod and a 1" x 3"
x .25" plate with a hole drilled through the center for the threaded rod.
1) Remove the 4 nuts that hold the bottom of the shock mount to the spring
pan.
2) Remove the lock nut and nut at the top of the shock and remove the shock.
3) Install the threaded rod up through the spring and through the shock
mount hole. Install two half inch nuts on the top of the rod and jam them
togther to prevent them from loosening.
4) Slide the plate you fabricated up the rod and hold into place with a half
inch nut. make sure that the plate sits in the recess that holds the spring.
Tighten the bottom nut until the spring begins to compress. You want to have
the threaded rod taking the load of the spring.
5) Remove the 4 bolts and 2 nuts that hold the spring pan to the lower swing
arms. You may have to compress the spring a little farther so that the nuts
on the inner parts of the swing arm clear the frame rails.
6 Slowly loosen the tension on the threaded rod. The spring pan will lower
until the tension is removed from the spring.
7) Installation is in reverse order.
It takes a little fiddling to get everything lined up. Be carefull with the
springs. There is a lot of energy stored in them when they are compressed.
Walt Philipson
'74 TR6
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of R. Ashford Little II
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 1:40 AM
To: 6-Pack; Triumphs@autox. Net
Subject: Front spring trouble
What is the easiest way to install a set of new front springs. obviously
I'm doing it wrong.
R. Ashford Little II
www.geocities.com/ralittle2
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