Installing Spring Tips
BTW, I suggest NOT popping the upper or lower ball joints as recommended in the TIS document. It is much easier to just detach the upper control arm from the body. If you do this, it is important to load up the suspension before torquing the upper control arm bolts back up. I did this by using a jack to compress the suspension while the wheel was still off.
BTW, I suggest NOT popping the upper or lower ball joints as recommended in the TIS document. It is much easier to just detach the upper control arm from the body. If you do this, it is important to load up the suspension before torquing the upper control arm bolts back up. I did this by using a jack to compress the suspension while the wheel was still off.
not sure how stuck your ball joint was when you did it, but mine wasnt seized on and only took one whack with a rubber mallet. and make sure to have a spring compressor around. ive lowered plenty of cars before and i never needed a spring compressor to put a lowering spring in until i lowered my IS.
How did you get the stock springs off your previous cars without a spring compressor? If you just loosen the top nut until it shoots off, that can damage the threads.
I have no idea how "stuck" my ball joints were, since I didn't pop them. It is just easier to leave them alone.
How did you get the stock springs off your previous cars without a spring compressor? If you just loosen the top nut until it shoots off, that can damage the threads.
How did you get the stock springs off your previous cars without a spring compressor? If you just loosen the top nut until it shoots off, that can damage the threads.
*disclaimer* if you've never done this before, use a spring compressor!
i use the ghetto method to seperate the springs and struts. i usually lay the strut on its side torward a wall, step on the spring and impact the top nut off. its best to make sure nothing is in the way when you do this. some springs "pop" harder than others. i learned the hard way that it requred spring compressor to put the lowering springs in. i took both struts out and couldn't put the new springs on.... it was 11pm on a weekday, thank god for the 24 hour Autozone near my house.
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