How hard is installing rear springs?
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How hard is installing rear springs?
was given some eibach 1-1.5 rear lowering springs. Was going to throw them on, is there a write up or is it as simple as lowering the axle and popping them in? Thanks!
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I didnt have to unbolt the shocks. I let the rearend hang and used a pry bar to get the stock ones out. Then I put the lowering springs on and with a little bit of prying and they fell right in.
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Center the jack under the pumpkin and lift very high
then put 2 jack stands under the rear frame rails not the diff.
Remove jack slowly and move aside or leave under if you want
go inside car and remove the shock nuts, there might be 2 on there
then go back under car and remove the shock bolts to the rearend
install new ones in reverse order
lift rearend back up and remove jackstands and lower car
all done, 30 mins tops
then put 2 jack stands under the rear frame rails not the diff.
Remove jack slowly and move aside or leave under if you want
go inside car and remove the shock nuts, there might be 2 on there
then go back under car and remove the shock bolts to the rearend
install new ones in reverse order
lift rearend back up and remove jackstands and lower car
all done, 30 mins tops
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Just be careful to not have your face in front of the spring as you remove it. If there is any tension on it whatsoever, there is always the chance that it could pop out at you.
I undid the lower shock mounts, and dropped the rear end down till there was no tension whatsoever on the springs. They just lifted right out, and installation was just as easy.
I undid the lower shock mounts, and dropped the rear end down till there was no tension whatsoever on the springs. They just lifted right out, and installation was just as easy.
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Just be careful to not have your face in front of the spring as you remove it. If there is any tension on it whatsoever, there is always the chance that it could pop out at you.
I undid the lower shock mounts, and dropped the rear end down till there was no tension whatsoever on the springs. They just lifted right out, and installation was just as easy.
I undid the lower shock mounts, and dropped the rear end down till there was no tension whatsoever on the springs. They just lifted right out, and installation was just as easy.
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Did you loosen the sway-bar end links?
Try some PB Blaster or Liquid Wrench and let it sit for about 1hr..
BTW, the PHB IMO is easier to replace /adjust with the car backed up on ramps
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Nothings rusted and I've got all the tools. The springs just won't come off. I'm most likely doing something wrong.
I followed the guide on LS1 How To. Jacked it up on the sides, put a jack under the pumpkin(just barely), took out the shock nuts top and bottom and the springs just sit there. They don't even ******* move. Don't wiggle, shimmy, budge, nothing. The car actually fell off the jack stands and onto a set of tires I had under the rear while I was trying to pull them off.
I jacked it back up and bolted everything back up. Everything is fine but I am ******* furious right now.
It's a 20 Minute Job and I took 2 hours and a fallen car. And my sh*t STILL isn't right.
I followed the guide on LS1 How To. Jacked it up on the sides, put a jack under the pumpkin(just barely), took out the shock nuts top and bottom and the springs just sit there. They don't even ******* move. Don't wiggle, shimmy, budge, nothing. The car actually fell off the jack stands and onto a set of tires I had under the rear while I was trying to pull them off.
I jacked it back up and bolted everything back up. Everything is fine but I am ******* furious right now.
It's a 20 Minute Job and I took 2 hours and a fallen car. And my sh*t STILL isn't right.
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Nothings rusted and I've got all the tools. The springs just won't come off. I'm most likely doing something wrong.
I followed the guide on LS1 How To. Jacked it up on the sides, put a jack under the pumpkin(just barely), took out the shock nuts top and bottom and the springs just sit there. They don't even ******* move. Don't wiggle, shimmy, budge, nothing. The car actually fell off the jack stands and onto a set of tires I had under the rear while I was trying to pull them off.
I jacked it back up and bolted everything back up. Everything is fine but I am ******* furious right now.
It's a 20 Minute Job and I took 2 hours and a fallen car. And my sh*t STILL isn't right.
I followed the guide on LS1 How To. Jacked it up on the sides, put a jack under the pumpkin(just barely), took out the shock nuts top and bottom and the springs just sit there. They don't even ******* move. Don't wiggle, shimmy, budge, nothing. The car actually fell off the jack stands and onto a set of tires I had under the rear while I was trying to pull them off.
I jacked it back up and bolted everything back up. Everything is fine but I am ******* furious right now.
It's a 20 Minute Job and I took 2 hours and a fallen car. And my sh*t STILL isn't right.
when there is no more tension on the springs, you should literally be able to just pick them out of there by hand....although, in some cases, the "pigtail" at the bottom of the spring may be stuck on the lower mounting point (on the rear end), in which case, a quick kick or bang with a rubber mallet should dislodge it.
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I'm not sure why you guys are saying to unbolt the top and bottom of the shocks...if you're JUST changing springs, you just need to unbolt the bottom of the shocks and push the studs out of the axle, then you can lower the axle down, the shock can hang from the car on the upper mount, it won't be in your way. If you're changing springs AND shocks, then yeah, the upper shock nuts are inside the car behind the back seat.
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Yeah, I've noticed a lot of cars with 12 bolts sit higher in the rear because the perches are higher, so I could see that making it more of a pain in the *** to deal with springs back there.
I'm not sure why you guys are saying to unbolt the top and bottom of the shocks...if you're JUST changing springs, you just need to unbolt the bottom of the shocks and push the studs out of the axle, then you can lower the axle down, the shock can hang from the car on the upper mount, it won't be in your way. If you're changing springs AND shocks, then yeah, the upper shock nuts are inside the car behind the back seat.
I'm not sure why you guys are saying to unbolt the top and bottom of the shocks...if you're JUST changing springs, you just need to unbolt the bottom of the shocks and push the studs out of the axle, then you can lower the axle down, the shock can hang from the car on the upper mount, it won't be in your way. If you're changing springs AND shocks, then yeah, the upper shock nuts are inside the car behind the back seat.
so if anyone else with LCA relocation brackets has that same problem, it would make sense why they would rather unbolt the shocks from the top, rather than the bottom.
i dunno, i may be the only one who had that problem, maybe a defective pair or something, but they definitely didn't line up.....and yes, i cut the parking brake bracket to make room, so that's not the issue.
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I didn't know the relocation brackets did that...but it might be time for you to look into some shock relocation brackets too, sounds like you are binding your shocks up. They make relocation brackets that allow you rotate the bottom of the shock 90 degrees and attach it to the bracket, which alleviates most issues with binding.
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eh, in all honesty, i'm really just thinking about taking the brackets back off and trying it without them for a while.....for one, because i'm gonna be raising my ride height back up by somewhere around .25" - .5" higher anyway (on Strano springs atm), and i don't drag race the car.....it's mostly a daily driver that sees some occasional very spirited driving....i never really launch the car at all. i bought the brackets before i had done much research and learned that they're not really needed that much unless you're into drag racing and hard launches (in which case they help with wheel hop), and they can even hurt the handling of your car, especially in the lower set of mounting holes, like mine are.