Jim,
Mine wouldn't come out that easily either. if I remember correctly, the axel
was preventing the trailing arm from moving down enough. I removed the 4
bolts at the dif end of the axel, and that allowed the trailing arm to move
down enough to remove the spring. make sure you have enough travel in the
brake hose.
Walt
74 6
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of JRURHH@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 10:35 AM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Rear Springs
Well it's time for the help of the list again. Since it rained last weekend
I decided to get jump on the winter project and change out the rear springs
and shocks. I read on the list a few weeks ago how easy it was to remove the
rear spring, it seemed like a piece of cake so I gave a try. Needless to say
now I'm stuck.
I put the rear of the car on jack stands, put a jack under the trailing arm,
undid the connection to the shock, let the jack down. I expected it to come
down far enough to get the spring out but it doens't come down enough to get
the tension off the spring. Do I have to take the bolt off of the trailing
arm to get the spring out?
Thanks,
Jim Robichau
74 TR6
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