Thanks to everyone for their input on my reinstalling the front springs
into my TR6. I appreciate your taking the time to share your expertise.
I did manage to reinstall the springs yesterday with a small
modification to the AutoZone spring compressor. Iâ??m amazed that my first go
around in installing the springs was so uneventful that I had no recollection
of any difficulty. I did find the steel rod, nuts and plate that I apparently
used to compress the springs last time, but as I compressed the spring I could
see that I was headed for trouble. The springs need to be compressed far more
than I had the confidence to use that rig on. Dave and Randy correctly pointed
out that hardware threaded rod is not suitable for spring compression. To get
the springs compressed enough to slip into the spring pan requires a lot of
compression force and, as was pointed out, putting something under that much
compression force can be dangerous.
I am going to send the photos I posted to the list to Polybush, but
Iâ??m not hopeful of much of a response. My guess is that Iâ??m not the only
one who the only one who has had such a catastrophic failure of their bushes
and they may be playing big time defense and denial.
Lastly, best wishes to Mark and team.net. We all owe you a debt of
gratitude for helping us to keep our cars on the road by facilitating sage
lister advice.
Best,
Bob
â??72 TR6
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