Big Problem
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Big Problem
I can't figure out how to finish the DIY suspension spring install and now my car is sitting on a jack, with no front left wheel, and the shock/spring is "out of order". If i can't finish it what do i do? I don't know anyone personally who works on cars and i can't drive it anywhere because of the shock/spring....
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joker can i take you up on that offer of sending me step by step instructions, that would be AMAZING, because those ones i found were very vague and skipped small things that made a big difference.
Guys help this guy out.
I suggested everything I could and he still cant get this bolt out.
He tried hitting the nut with a hammer. He's saying that bolt is soaked in WD-40 and it still would not come out.
Mine just fell right out so I did not face a stubborn bolt like that.
Any of you that done springs faced this?
This is a front sway bar bolt.
I suggested everything I could and he still cant get this bolt out.
He tried hitting the nut with a hammer. He's saying that bolt is soaked in WD-40 and it still would not come out.
Mine just fell right out so I did not face a stubborn bolt like that.
Any of you that done springs faced this?
This is a front sway bar bolt.
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he needs one of those fork ball-joint remover. Basically looks like a fork with only 2 tapered prongs. He can easily rent one from a auto parts store.
You basically wedge that fork between that rubber cover, and the metal part that you're trying to remove it from and pound away with the hammer on the handle of the fork.
Get a 4-5lbs hammer. Those regular nail hammers are too light sometimes.
Trust me on the fork...i came across this problem many times on previous vehicles. Some of those ball joints are just old, rusted, and it eventually binds.
You basically wedge that fork between that rubber cover, and the metal part that you're trying to remove it from and pound away with the hammer on the handle of the fork.
Get a 4-5lbs hammer. Those regular nail hammers are too light sometimes.
Trust me on the fork...i came across this problem many times on previous vehicles. Some of those ball joints are just old, rusted, and it eventually binds.
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It looks like he only has one side of the car jacked up, thus preloading one side of the sway bar. Jack the whole front of the car use jack-stands, un-bolt both swaybar end-links at the same time.
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Originally Posted by G35JAMMER
It looks like he only has one side of the car jacked up, thus preloading one side of the sway bar. Jack the whole front of the car use jack-stands, un-bolt both swaybar end-links at the same time.
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