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I'm doing this all by myself. I've been beating my brains out for the last day and a half. I did put a piece of masking tape on the end of the coil spring to make it easier to see the end of the spring at the index hole in the frame. Anybody have ideas?
I'm doing this all by myself. I've been beating my brains out for the last day and a half. I did put a piece of masking tape on the end of the coil spring to make it easier to see the end of the spring at the index hole in the frame. Anybody have ideas?
When I installed mine, I basically just took a flat blade screwdriver large enough to fit into the indexing hole and butted up the end of the coil spring up to the tip of the screwdriver. The screwdriver also helped to keep the end of the spring from rotating or pushing past the indexing hole while I jacked up the lower a-arm to seat the bottom part of the coil spring and to secure the a-arm to the spindle. As for the bottom end of the coil spring, I just let it end up wherever it ended up. The springs were from VB&P and were much shorter than the factory springs, so pretty much knew they wouldn't end up seated in the lower a-arm spring pocket like the original spring did. Well hope this helps some...
Tape the jaws of an adjustable pipe wrench for protection and hook it between and over one of the spring coils. Pull or push on the handle to rotate the spring into position.
When I installed mine, I basically just took a flat blade screwdriver large enough to fit into the indexing hole and butted up the end of the coil spring up to the tip of the screwdriver. The screwdriver also helped to keep the end of the spring from rotating or pushing past the indexing hole while I jacked up the lower a-arm to seat the bottom part of the coil spring and to secure the a-arm to the spindle. As for the bottom end of the coil spring, I just let it end up wherever it ended up. The springs were from VB&P and were much shorter than the factory springs, so pretty much knew they wouldn't end up seated in the lower a-arm spring pocket like the original spring did. Well hope this helps some...
That did it! I got the spring indexed all by myself! Thanks again, guys.
07-20-2018, 07:13 PM
Is There a Trick to Index Coil Spring into Frame?
