VBP Spring
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VBP Spring
So I am trying to replace my original leaf spring with a composite. I did not get very far.
I put the car on jack stands, and then took a block of wood clamped to the leaf spring and attempted to jack the spring up enough to take the "weight" off the bolt. When i do this it pushes the bolt up into the trailing arm at an angle that makes it nearly impossible to get a wrench on the bolt to attempt to break the castle nut. I tried getting a wrench onto the bolt with it on the ground and then trying to raise it up but that didnt work either.
Looking for suggestions, I am almost to the point of trying to cut the bolt in half but not a fan of it due to safety reasons. There isnt alot of room to jack the spring up because it pushes the bolt up into the trailing arm and leaves very little room to make the cut.
I put the car on jack stands, and then took a block of wood clamped to the leaf spring and attempted to jack the spring up enough to take the "weight" off the bolt. When i do this it pushes the bolt up into the trailing arm at an angle that makes it nearly impossible to get a wrench on the bolt to attempt to break the castle nut. I tried getting a wrench onto the bolt with it on the ground and then trying to raise it up but that didnt work either.
Looking for suggestions, I am almost to the point of trying to cut the bolt in half but not a fan of it due to safety reasons. There isnt alot of room to jack the spring up because it pushes the bolt up into the trailing arm and leaves very little room to make the cut.
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Jul 2015
Posts: 239
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From: Pittsburgh PA
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Jul 2015
Posts: 239
Likes: 49
From: Pittsburgh PA
Thanks everyone for their help, I tried this and the good news is the bolts are off. Bad news is, it helped make my decision on new trailing arms a whole lot easier, the wrench tore through the side of the trailing arm when i was using a breaker bar to get the bolt off. So off to get new TA's I go.
