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Re: Urgent help reqd installing springs on GZ20	Wed, 10 August 2005 06:43

Hey, I'm the mate who has recently changed his springs. I was pretty much in exactly the same position as you, I'd removed the rears using a compressor and they came out (relatively) easy. The fronts I found were hard to get out due to the upper wishbone, but later also found that I didnt actually need to use the spring compressor at all while the suspension was on the car. Jack the car up by the chassis - not anywhere on the lower wishbone arm (as you need the lower parts to drop as far down as possible). Remove the cap and TEMS actuator and then the three bolts. Don't remove the centre bolt. Remove the bolt securing the bottom of the shock to the lower wishbone. Now, remove the long horizontal bolt securing the back of the upper wishbone to the chassis. The bolt is long and you will need to slide it toward the front of the car. It will seems as though there is no room to slide it forward but all you need to do is pull the plastic guard back and slide the bolt behind it. I found it hard to crack the bolt and required two sets of hands, one on each end of the bolt. I used a breaker bar, which was just a normal socket wrench with a metal tube slid over the end of it to give extra length and torque. Use some WD-40 or any dispersant on each end of the bolt and leave for 10 mins and try again if u have any probs. It WILL come out! While sliding the bolt out, wiggle the wishbone to get it out fully. From there you should be able to get the shock out past the wishbone and fully remove it. Place the shock in a vice and compress the springs a little to take the pressure off the top seating. Then remove the centre nut (19mm i think its weird), and take off the seat. At this point I made a nice bruise on my arm as one of the compressors came off explosively... so be careful and make sure that they are on properly. They should be set slightly diagonally so they are normal to angle of the coil and also equal on each side. [Updated on: Wed, 10 August 2005 06:45] [Report message to a moderator]

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