HELP!!! installing sportline springs
04-05-2007, 07:24 PM
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HELP!!! installing sportline springs i need help ASAP installing sportlines and cant get original spring separated from old spring and strut! any one please!
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TJ
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TJ
04-05-2007, 10:46 PM
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I take it that the nut on top of the shock shaft doesn't want to come undone. Lots of WD40 and an impact wrench will be your best bet here. I had to let it soak in for about 15-20 mins then took an impact wrench to it. Even then it would loosen only a little bit at a time so I kept loosening it then backing it off some them loosening it some more and the little bastard finally popped off. DON"T FORGET TO COMPRESS THE SPRING WITH A SPRING COMRESSOR FIRST!!!
04-06-2007, 08:24 AM
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ok so i finally realized that the mount was rusted to the strut shaft so i had to make an unexpected trip to oreillys last night to buy new struts and mounts! i got it all put back together and it looks KILLER!!!!!
04-07-2007, 05:30 AM
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I know what you mean as the threaded portion of the strut rod and nut did not resemble the description of such. Together they looked like a miniature badlands geological phenomena with those eroded earthen towers. I would imagine you had to hacksaw the end off or carefully burn the nut away.
