Question about spring compression?
06-30-2004, 02:43 PM
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Question about spring compression? I have heard that if you lower a car you need to have the spring's compressed. If this is so do you have to compress all 4 spring's or just the front? I have heard so may people lower there camaro but they say nothing about compressing there spring's. On a super chevy magazine they lowered a Z28 camaro and said you have to have the spring's compressed. Do you really have to have them compressed or not?
06-30-2004, 03:39 PM
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Yes, you need to compress them to remove them from the shocks (front only). If you don't compress them and unbolt the top of the shock, you may have a shock imbedded in yourself or your wall. That spring has enough energy to injure or kill you. Be careful!
And, Sears sells a nice set of spring compressors for about $39 that have forged steel "jaws" and pins to lock the spring into the compressor. They are what you need to do the job.
And, Sears sells a nice set of spring compressors for about $39 that have forged steel "jaws" and pins to lock the spring into the compressor. They are what you need to do the job.
06-30-2004, 04:36 PM
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Not the rears, just disconnect the shocks, lower
the rear end and they fall right out pretty much.
It's just the fronts that need pressed on/off. The
rears, anybody can do on their driveway w/ jack
stands and a floor jack.
the rear end and they fall right out pretty much.
It's just the fronts that need pressed on/off. The
rears, anybody can do on their driveway w/ jack
stands and a floor jack.