How To: Change Springs/Shock

[Shounak]

They're only aobut $15 and you can buy em from car shops..

 

[90VN55]

They're only aobut $15 and you can buy em from car shops..

thanks. i need to get some its the only thing stopping me

 

[90VN55]

7) Remove the ball joint from the strut. This could be a bit of a bitch depending on how firmly it's been sitting there. The trick is to undo the nut, then once again bash the side of where the ball joint sits really hard with a big hammer. If this fails, hit harder, or find abigger hammer.

i cant get the ball joint off!!!
ive been hitting it for 10minutes and its been a real bitch.
HELP

 

[VN_Luke]

read pm adam - bigger hammer.

p.s.

if you absolutely can't get the balljoint out with a big hammer and a lot of brute force

you could buy a 'ball joint splitter' from k-mart or bursons or whatever equivalent is close.

It's like a wedge fork thig that slides in between the balljoint and strut, and you smack it really hard.

I would imagine this will bugger your rubber boot around the balljoint though

or, you can get away with just popping the strut out to the side, if you're just doing shocks/springs - like (green)|foam|(media) did.

 

[Shounak]

Luke.. Where the hell did you get access to a hoist?

I was thinking you might be a mechanic, using yours or your bosses workshop, but your profile says IT consultant..

Whatever your answer will be, you're a lucky bastard..

 

[VN_Luke]

haha yeah IT consultant by day, mechanic by night

It's a place I used to work at, they have a big office building and stuff...and like.... 500sq M of warehouse space behind the big office building.

300 of those meters are pretty much empty, except for a hoist in one corner, and the bosses boats in the other..

and I get to use the hoist if i give them notice and stuff

 

[90VN55]

i got a ball joint splitter for $15 and got it off! (heaps easier)
but now i need to take the lower control arm and get new ball joints put in.

P.S. i got new ball joints but i need to get the old ones pressed out and the new ones put in

 

[VN_Luke]

pedddddders here you come!

 

[bAAAz]

one more thing.. make sure the notch on the top spring seat faces towards the wheel. isnt that right luke?... hahah

 

[90VN55]

one more thing.. make sure the notch on the top spring seat faces towards the wheel. isnt that right luke?... hahah

what notch?
what do u mean
:unsure: