Front spring? Place that side of the car on a jack stand, put the spring in
place, and put a floor jack under the A arm. Jack up the A arm until things
are in place. It is important to have the engine in place, as you will need
the weight to compress the spring.
Brad
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Chris Rae <Chris.Rae@microsoft.com> wrote:
> Hi Chris et al - thank you indeed, you are all of course quite right. I
> feel
> somewhat vindicated now... was a bit disappointed that I'd managed to
> bugger
> up changing something quite so simple. This might go some way to explaining
> why my car was lurching violently from side to side now and again...
>
> Chris, many thanks for the offer of the bolt - I actually already had an
> order
> open on Moss for a carburettor float, so I just ordered the correct pins as
> well (just in case the other side is the same).
>
> One final question... does anyone have a nice cost-effective way of
> compressing a spring? :)
>
> Chris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: spridgets-bounces@autox.team.net
> [mailto:spridgets-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Chris Karcher
> Sent: 26 May 2010 09:04
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Suspension bushes - little arm thing too long?!
>
> Hey Chris,
> You've definitely got the wrong pin in there. I rooted around in the stuff
> left over from when we did ours and could only find one, but you're welcome
> to
> it if you want it. If so and you want to come get it, let me know. (You
> probably don't remember where I am exactly from that one brief trip here to
> top off your front shocks.)
>
> Chris Karcher
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