[Spridgets] front suspension question

[Ron Soave]

You're fine - take it off. 

--- On Wed, 5/27/09, Phil Nase
<nases at verizon.net> wrote:

> From: Phil Nase <nases at verizon.net>
> Subject:
[Spridgets] front suspension question
> To: "Clarici Frank"
<spritenut at comcast.net>
> Cc: "spridgets Spridgets at autox.team. Net"
<spridgets at autox.team.net>
> Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 6:09 PM
> My Mk 1
steering is really
> stiff.  I pulled the wheels and find that the right
>
side swival is too tight.  The left will rotate
> freely.
> 
> So I need to
add shims to the right front.  I have the
> wheels off jack stands under the
chassis and a jack under
> the right A arm.  It doesn't compress the coil
spring
> any without lifting the front end off the jack stands.
> 
> Can I
remove the shock attachment and the upper trunnion
> without the spring
letting go as long as the jack is up
> against the A arm?  Or will the spring
decompress and
> ruin my day?  Do I need to remove the spring and play
> it
safe?
> 
> I'm just not sure what's gonna happen if I unbolt the shock
> arm.
> 
> Ducking for cover
> Phil Nase
> Quakertown, PA
>
http://home.comcast.net/~philnasecpa/
>
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