Lowering my van, help!

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Cheers for the tip, I saw it a while back in camper & bus mag. Undo a couple of bolts, straight swap of springs. Said it takes 3 hours. How hard could it b!!!

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Sorry, when you said wishbone bolts I thought you meant the trailing arm bolts needed swapping
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I hope I'm trying to do it right! I thought u can undo the bottom shock bolt then the wishbone bolt and struggle for a bit and hey presto? Sound ok?

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whitewonder wrote:I hope I'm trying to do it right! I thought u can undo the bottom shock bolt then the wishbone bolt and struggle for a bit and hey presto? Sound ok?

i undid the top joint as well ( two allen key bolts ) allowed the hub to fall away to give more room etc ,

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16vmini wrote:
whitewonder wrote:I hope I'm trying to do it right! I thought u can undo the bottom shock bolt then the wishbone bolt and struggle for a bit and hey presto? Sound ok?

i undid the top joint as well ( two allen key bolts ) allowed the hub to fall away to give more room etc ,

Matt

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R0B wrote:Something like these should get the wheelnut off.http://www.toolbank.com/p/IRW10504635 Or you could try knocking a smaller size socket onto it first..

Hi got those sockets did the job without any hassle. Thanks

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Just a quick update. Thanks to everyone for the help. I got myself a breaker bar, don't no y I didn't have 1 b 4, they r a great bit of kit! Brought the other bits spray etc. I got the wheel nut off and the rear is all finished. Shamed to say only managed 1 of the front! I was looking after my 2 1\2 year old daughter at the same time and felt very guilty about having her out in the cold! So just ran out of time. Only got 1 to do now so will b able to do it no probs. Thanks again and until next time

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whitewonder wrote:Just a quick update. Thanks to everyone for the help. I got myself a breaker bar, don't no y I didn't have 1 b 4, they r a great bit of kit! Brought the other bits spray etc. I got the wheel nut off and the rear is all finished. Shamed to say only managed 1 of the front! I was looking after my 2 1\2 year old daughter at the same time and felt very guilty about having her out in the cold! So just ran out of time. Only got 1 to do now so will b able to do it no probs. Thanks again and until next time

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You no what they mean. It aint that hard to figure out! 1 = one, r = are .... Its just a bit quicker that's all

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whitewonder wrote:You no what they mean. It aint that hard to figure out! 1 = one, r = are .... Its just a bit quicker that's all


Of course i know what it means, I have kids of my own, I just thought this was a forum for grown ups that's all.

You must be a busy boy if you need to save a few nano seconds, my advice would be to lighten up a little and realise when someone's taking the pi55!

Guess i need to get down with the kids a bit more.
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shepster wrote:Guess i need to get down with the kids a bit more.

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You can be in my gang any day, big boy!
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Get a room ffs !

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shepster wrote:
whitewonder wrote:You no what they mean. It aint that hard to figure out! 1 = one, r = are .... Its just a bit quicker that's all


Of course i know what it means, I have kids of my own, I just thought this was a forum for grown ups that's all.

You must be a busy boy if you need to save a few nano seconds, my advice would be to lighten up a little and realise when someone's taking the pi55!

Guess i need to get down with the kids a bit more.

i think you need to lighten up a bit too, if using ... r instead of are, etc offends you. anyway old timer better go, im a very busy boy.

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