has anyone had the pleasure of changing the front and rear springs themselves in their vehicle, if so was it hard and do you need any special tools.
I pretty much have a full workshop even have spring compressor (dont know why just picked it up for free) plus i can use works hoist.
i got the complete set of lovell springs for $185 delivered...cheap huh
haha 15mins what planet are u on?!!! .........
has anyone had the pleasure of changing the front and rear springs themselves in their vehicle, if so was it hard and do you need any special tools.
I pretty much have a full workshop even have spring compressor (dont know why just picked it up for free) plus i can use works hoist.
i got the complete set of lovell springs for $185 delivered...cheap huh
ok for serious answer on this .........i wouldnt say its a pleasure...more like a pain in the arse but yes it is quite straight forward.
Factor in a whole day for both front and rear.(if its ur first time)
Buy a gregorys manual as this will help heaps.
U will need spring compressors
The hardest things about it are removing bolts (this can be easy or quite difficult depending when the suspension was last worked on)
Marking how the spring and strut top are positioned as this will matter heaps when re installing. (the manual will inform u more about this)
Using spring compressors - they are the slowest point in the process and the most annoying try and limit the times you use these ! ie get it right the first time.
I have done it in my old pintara (just springs ) and then the ceffy all though they were coilovers so it made it heaps easier and quicker as it was a direct replacement but i still lost knuckle skin.