Peter Zaborski wrote:
> PS. My _rear_ springs will not come out of their housings when the
> damper link arm is disconnected and the jack is removed from the
> trailing arm (car is up on stands, wheels removed). Does this mean my
> springs are longer (taller) than they should be? I will defintiely need
> a spring compressor to remove the rears. This is not consistent with
> what others have written on this topic. Insights appreciated.
Gee, it looks like I'm a few days ahead of you in the same
procedure... :-) :-)
Have you removed the rear half-shaft? The axle will keep the
trailing arm from dropping low enough to remove the spring,
unless your half-shaft dust boot is missing. Note that if you
have extended the trailing arm too far already, without at
least disconnecting the axle at the differential, there's
a good chance you've already torn the slip-joint dust cover.
In order to get sufficient travel of the trailing arm without
splitting the half-shaft boot, you'll need to at least disconnect
the rear half-shaft at the differential flange (four bolts
connecting the axle flange to the differential flange).
Since I was replacing the half-shaft dust boot over the sliding
joint, I removed the entire half-shaft (4 bolts at diff flange,
and 6 nuts in trailing arm, accessed through holes in rear
hub flange (you'll need to take the brake drum off)).
With the axle removed, the trailing arm will easily pivot
down as far as you want (yes, even straight down), and the
spring will pop right out.
--ken
'70 & '74 TR6 Daily Drivers
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