David, the best advice I can give you regarding the front bolt is
"Sawzall". When doing this job in the past I used heat, penitrating
oil, and all sorts of pounding and twisting. Ultimately I found the
quickest and easiest is cutting the bolt on each side of the spring.
The first time I did this I used a hack saw blade (installed in one of
those "handle" style gripers). The second time I used a reciprocating
saw. Thank god for electricity ...
Good luck.
Larry Hoy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of David Councill
> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 1:16 PM
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: leaf springs
>
>
> My 72B, still just a body shell in the garage, progresses
> towards the day
> it may once again be on the road - hopefully this summer. I'm
> working on
> the rear right now - just finished the boot lid, including a
> new rubber
> seal, putting on the emblems and the luggage rack.
>
> I noticed that the top leaf spring on the passenger side is
> broken. So I'll
> be ordering a pair shortly. Any advice on this job? My Haynes
> manual makes
> references about coating with lacquer amongst other things. Is this
> necessary? Or can I just bolt them on?
>
> I did remove the rear axle from my wrecked 71BGT but could
> not get the leaf
> springs off - I couldn't get the front bolt off or to even
> move (except to
> turn). I got the nut off though, but even pounding on the
> bolt did not
> work. Is this normal and something I will encounter on the
> 72B? I wasn't
> too worried about the BGT as I didn't need the leaf springs
> and what is
> left of the car will be headed to the junk yard.
>
> David
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