I need springs install directions, PLEASE!!
04-17-2001, 11:06 PM
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Well here goes,
First jack your car up and use jack stands, remove your tire{s}, on the front suspension{front 2 tires} you will see 2 brake lines attached to your strut,remove them and 1 other little line on the shock, next remove 2 19mm bolts which hold your shocks in place, to remove these bolts you will either need{spinich} a air gun or a large breaker bar{AKA a hollow steal bar}, so remove these bots with the breaker bar and a 19mm wrench, you will aslo need a 17mm wrench to hold the nut in place while loosening the bolt. After you remove those 2 bolts pop your hood open and remove your 3 strut tower bolts with your breaker bar. Now that you have the springs and shocks off set them in a vice and loosen the 14mm bolt just a little bit{make sure it is just a little bit!}, now attach a spring compressor to the springs and compress the springs until they become loose enough to rotate and move up in down inside the shock. Now remove the 14mm bolt you loosend a little bit before, now remove the nut,bump stop and sleeve from the shock. Now that the spring is off of the strut uncompress the spring by slowly and evenly loosening the spring compressor. Now get your new spring and compress it so that it fits onto the shock with all the hardware you removed previosly. Now reverse my direction to re-install the spring/shocks.
To do your rear suspension, the only thing different is there is only one 17mm bolt holding the strut to car, remove that bolt and now climb inside your trunk and remove your carpet and move the panel that is covering your Rear strut tower bolts. Now get your 14mm wrench out again and evenly loosen the RST bolts. The rest I explained before.
Heres a few pointers, make sure you do not strip any of the bolts! If you do it will be a million times harder to remove the bolts, also make sure your springs are compressed before you try to fully disconect them from your shocks. Also were protective I gogles incase the spring compressor shoots out and hits you in your face. One last thing, make sure while you use your spring compressor that you evenly compress each side. Good luck!
To do your rear suspension, the only thing different is there is only one 17mm bolt holding the strut to car, remove that bolt and now climb inside your trunk and remove your carpet and move the panel that is covering your Rear strut tower bolts. Now get your 14mm wrench out again and evenly loosen the RST bolts. The rest I explained before.
Heres a few pointers, make sure you do not strip any of the bolts! If you do it will be a million times harder to remove the bolts, also make sure your springs are compressed before you try to fully disconect them from your shocks. Also were protective I gogles incase the spring compressor shoots out and hits you in your face. One last thing, make sure while you use your spring compressor that you evenly compress each side. Good luck!
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