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Rear Suspension Q

Subject: Rear Suspension Q
From: amalventano1 at tds.net (Allyn)
Date: Tue Sep 12 15:37:24 2006
In-reply-to: <20060912194208.50820.qmail@web81807.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Remove upper nuts with car on ground.
Jack up by center of axle beam.
Springs will decompress as car lifts, and won't have enough compression to be a problem (including on reinstallation - though you
may need another helper to guide the strut shaft through the towers).
HTH
Al 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tonee Northam [mailto:pb3vr6@yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 3:42 PM
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> Subject: Rear Suspension Q
> 
> Stupid question, but..
>    
>   Do I need a spring compressor for the rear springs to 
> remove the rear struts or just drop the axle?
>    
>   tia
>    
>   Tonee
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