Urgent!

[som]

You,ve got to be joking.Mate,I reckon "good on you" for having a go but for **** sake don,t go stuffing around under,or half under you car without stands.STOP get some stands and start again....The key word here is STOP.

 

[taylormade93]

I have a stand under the car. It's all well supported.. Said that in my first post.

 

[som]

You haven't mentioned stands in your thread before but who gives a rats,providing the wheel is hanging ,in other words the stand is under the body,not the suspension,then you,re set to go.Keep us up to date.

 

[taylormade93]

The stand is under the chassis? I think? Not under the wheel hub!
Thinking of calling it quits today and start again tomorrow!

 

[taylormade93]

Compressor would only tighten so much before it just started turning the spring.. And I still can't get it out!!
Surely I'm doing something wrong it's driving me nuts!

 

[taylormade93]

Anybody able to shed some light on what I might be doing wrong?
If I can't get it out in 15mins I'm just gonna leave it stock for now!
Cheers

 

[wraith]

Compressor would only tighten so much before it just started turning the spring.. And I still can't get it out!!
Surely I'm doing something wrong it's driving me nuts!

What spring compressors did you get? I had the 2 that you put a socket wrench on and tighten it up. Took 5 seconds.

 

[som]

I feel sorry for you mate,Doing some jobs on your own is crap for a start but you,re getting it done. Get on U Tube tonight and see what you can find.Might not be a commodore but I'm sure you,ll pick up some pointers.The worst part of a job like this is that in a workshop with rattle guns and a hoist ther is no way that it would take 40minutes to do both sides.When the car,s on a hoist you just have to undo everything then hang off the hub on the side you,re doing while the other guy lifts out the stock spring and pops the new one in place.If you lived in my street you,d only have to have the bonnet up or the car on stands and wait for 10 minutes before 2 or 3 neighbours came over to offer to help.Course that can always be an excuse to have a beer rather than mow the lawn

 

[taylormade93]

Got two Stanley ones from supercheap. Am I suppose to put both clamps on the spring? I only used on!

 

[Sabbath']

One on each side of the spring.

Get a jack handle/bar between the subframe lower arm and a solid part and lever down.