Help cant get front spring back after levelling shims

[waltraud]

Put levelling shim in then rubber top then trying to put spring back. Will it go ...like Fxxxx anyway. Any tips please gents on bedt way to get it to seat. Too or bottom first........cheers

[waltraud]

Spent mins getying spring out snd 3 hiurs trying to get it bavk in......grrr......thete mudt br s knack?

[waltraud]

Maybe undoing drop link nut woukd allow the suspension arm to drop lower giving s bit more movement.....

[Oldiebut goodie]

Spent mins getying spring out snd 3 hiurs trying to get it bavk in......grrr......thete mudt br s knack?

Try putting it in English!

[kevtherev]

Fat fingered friend

[waltraud]

Thank you Mr Oldie, I was attempting to say ...there must be a knack to it. Maybe undoing the link arm to lower suspension arm would allow greater downward travel.....it was so easy to get out! Going to Glastonbury on Weds!

[Plasticman]

i stick a portapak ram in and jack them down nice and easy
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[waltraud]

Can you describe this olsmm not sure what this ram is.....my trouble is that j cant get the top of the spring to go back in to seat on the rubber ring. It keeps trying to pop out. Drag link still connected....

[Plasticman]

just whip the 2 bolts/allen bolts of the top balljoint and let the lower arm drop, that or reclamp the springs in a greedier manner, i hate mech stuff , much too oily and dirty
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[Oldiebut goodie]

Looks like the spring clamps are a little too short to give you enough compression.

[pionte]

I had trouble getting mine back in on my own too.... as others have said try re compressing the springs further, sometimes putting the spring compressor on upside down will give you better clearance as the spare thread can foul and make compressing further diffucult.

Get someone to help you, it can be a pain on your own.... a tyre lever on the lower wishbone and a fat friend leaning on it can help, also having someone to give extra force pushing it back in will help.

If you can get another shorter set of spring compressors , then compress as much as you can , fit the second set of shorter compressors so that you can remove the longer ones and maybe this will give you more room all round to work.

Martin.

[waltraud]

Thanks for your help guys. In the end undoing the drop link made about an inch difference which gave me space as well as winding up the spring compressors a bit.