Changing HAL shocks
Changing HAL shocks Usually I avoid working on the suspension like the plague.....
How in the F@#$!%^%# do you separate that big chunk of metal (lever arm) from the A-arm. I have tried beating it out, prying it out, soaking it, talking to it..... Nothing seems to work.
So, any suspension experts care to lend their technique?
How in the F@#$!%^%# do you separate that big chunk of metal (lever arm) from the A-arm. I have tried beating it out, prying it out, soaking it, talking to it..... Nothing seems to work.
So, any suspension experts care to lend their technique?
On The Tree
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From: Burleson, Texas
Re: Changing HAL shocks hehe...
"big chunk of metal" = spindle arm or spindle
well... there are 3 ways to do this job..
1. get a ball joint seperator, wedge it between the a-arm and the spindle... stand up, and lift up on the ball joint seperator... once it breaks loose, you'll know because you will have just slammed your arms into the fenders of the car.. fun fun fun
2. get a hammer and take a good whack at the side of the cast iron spindle arm where it attaches to the ball joint(basically at the very end of it)... the arm should just fall right down.. when you strike the cast iron arm, it momentarily loses it's shape and then falls.. well, that's what i've been told anyway(by my body man, 20+yrs experience)
3. don't seperate the joint, just unbolt the shock from the lower a-arm and slide the shock and spring out... just be very carefull as you loosen up the nuts and bolts
one of those will work...
<small>[ May 23, 2002, 11:22 PM: Message edited by: prockbp ]</small>
"big chunk of metal" = spindle arm or spindle
well... there are 3 ways to do this job..
1. get a ball joint seperator, wedge it between the a-arm and the spindle... stand up, and lift up on the ball joint seperator... once it breaks loose, you'll know because you will have just slammed your arms into the fenders of the car.. fun fun fun
2. get a hammer and take a good whack at the side of the cast iron spindle arm where it attaches to the ball joint(basically at the very end of it)... the arm should just fall right down.. when you strike the cast iron arm, it momentarily loses it's shape and then falls.. well, that's what i've been told anyway(by my body man, 20+yrs experience)
3. don't seperate the joint, just unbolt the shock from the lower a-arm and slide the shock and spring out... just be very carefull as you loosen up the nuts and bolts
one of those will work...
<small>[ May 23, 2002, 11:22 PM: Message edited by: prockbp ]</small>
Re: Changing HAL shocks That's why I don't like working on my suspension. Everything is stuck together, and I don't have a clue what half of this stuff is called. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
Thanks for the Info. <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" /> I like solutions 1 & 3. Will be trying that later on today.
Thanks for the Info. <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" /> I like solutions 1 & 3. Will be trying that later on today.
TECH Resident
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From: Aurora Il
Re: Changing HAL shocks Just did lowering springs and Hals.... didn `t take the spindle apart. Took me 7 hours all together... next time it would be a 4 hour job now that I know what`s up.
Thunder Racings lower spring perches would have helped cut that time.
The car is now slammed!!! Actually it`s way to low I bottom out on everything... gotta raise them Hals tommorrow..too tired now.. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
Thunder Racings lower spring perches would have helped cut that time.
The car is now slammed!!! Actually it`s way to low I bottom out on everything... gotta raise them Hals tommorrow..too tired now.. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
