BB Coil Spring installation
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BB Coil Spring installation
Okay I'm in the process of putting the frame back together and am ready to install the coil springs.
I have the chassis hanging from my lift to ease assembly and am looking for ideas/suggestions on how to re-install these beefy springs
I have the chassis hanging from my lift to ease assembly and am looking for ideas/suggestions on how to re-install these beefy springs
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a spring compressor works great. or a piece of all thread, a piece or steel with a hole for the all thread, some washers and nuts works too if you have some mechanical skills to not hurt your self
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There are a number of ways but I like to dissassemble a standard internal spring compressor by removing the top block and hooks, extend the threaded shaft up through the shock mount hole in the frame, slide the spring up over it into the frame spring pocket and and hook the lower hooks about two coils above the bottom of the spring, put several heavy lubed washers and a nut on the threaded shaft to bear on the shock mount, and crank her up into position and swing the lower control arm up and secure it. The only trick is getting the spring compressor back out through the shock opening in the lower control arm. But the threaded rod will slide out of the hook block and out through the bottom and then the block and hooks can be slipped out behind it. Be careful not to hook the spring too low or the hooks will get pinched by the lower control arm when tension is backed off of the compressor.
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Put mine on with a loaner spring compresser from Auto Zone. They had one with a spoon to slip between the coils and hooks to grab it from the inside. First time I made the mistake of putting the spoon too low and it hit the control arm. Second spring went much smoother. Lot of kinetic energy when compressed. Be careful not to stand in the line of fire!
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I learned that method here, and it works great. Safer too, as the spring really can't go very far if something should go wrong, since the steel rod runs through it.
