Had a close call
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From: Plymouth Wisconsin
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Had a close call
Not sure what would have resulted, but still a sigh of relief.
I was adjusting the height of the rear because I didnt like it, and it wasn even (just got the car about a month ago)
for whatever reason the passenger side wasnt getting any higher. then i realized the bolt was just spinning, not actually tightening. I jacked it up, then also put pressure on the leaf spring with another jack. and the nut fell off along with the bolt! for whatever reason the clip is missing which im assuming made the nut back off.
hopefully gene culley can get me one asap.
I was adjusting the height of the rear because I didnt like it, and it wasn even (just got the car about a month ago)
for whatever reason the passenger side wasnt getting any higher. then i realized the bolt was just spinning, not actually tightening. I jacked it up, then also put pressure on the leaf spring with another jack. and the nut fell off along with the bolt! for whatever reason the clip is missing which im assuming made the nut back off.
hopefully gene culley can get me one asap.
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Good luck - hope you get it fixed. If someone can get the part you need, it would be Gene.
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I hope you didn't jack it up by the spring ? One nick or scratch and the spring could start on it's way to breakage. (I think it's mentioned in the owners manual) And it's never a good idea to not use a Jack stand at the right location.
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From: Plymouth Wisconsin
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i didnt jack it up on the spring. I did on the middle part which name escapes this early in the morning....i just used another jack to apply pressure under the spring so I can get the bolt back in
