Lowering bolt accessibility....
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Lowering bolt accessibility....
I am going to swap my new wheels and tires on the car, if I jack the car up by the jacking points using pucks (one corner at a time) will I be able to reach/turn the bolts from each wheel opening pretty easily?
Thanks, Shawn
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just jack it in the middle in the rear and the front on the craddle the bolts are right there within easy reach
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Lowering bolts
I put stands under the car and with a jack, lifted the side of the spring where I was going to turn the bolt I then could easily turn it by hand, make sure you measure so that the car is level!
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i didn't even jack it up i just got under the back of the car and turned it with a ratchet. i only did the back
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If you do not take the tension off the spring you can destroy the bushings on the bottom of the bolts. It seems you cannot buy new factory bolts without buying the whole spring.
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Well I guess that works then!
The back sure is easy. I jack up the spring a bit, but it's nice to just be able to reach right under there without lifting the car at all.
The back sure is easy. I jack up the spring a bit, but it's nice to just be able to reach right under there without lifting the car at all.