Removing Rear Spring
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Removing Rear Spring
If I pulled the rear spring and leave the rest of the suspension components. Can I put the car back on the ground without hurting anything? I don't plan to drive it anywhere I just need another set of jack stands before I do my next job.
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I don't think so...you can put a large block of wood under the differential where the spring bolted on and let the car rest on it...don't use a cinder block---they can crush without any warning!
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Hi D,
If you put the car back on the ground without the spring installed it will go down until the trailing arms hit the rubber bump stops.
I don't know if that happens before or after the crossmember hit's the ground.
The tail pipes, if on the car, will probably hit first.
A couple of 6x6 blocks of wood are a good idea.
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Alan
If you put the car back on the ground without the spring installed it will go down until the trailing arms hit the rubber bump stops.
I don't know if that happens before or after the crossmember hit's the ground.
The tail pipes, if on the car, will probably hit first.
A couple of 6x6 blocks of wood are a good idea.
Regards,
Alan
