22-06-2020, 06:48 PM
If you do have to replace the springs - they can be almost impossible to get out because they are jammed in solid by 80 years worth of dirt.
I do mean solid.
On a chassis I had once, it took a sledgehammer and a couple of replacement bits of steel flat bar to get them out. Replacements, because I had hit them so much they had become useless.
You cannot sensibly do that from under a car.
The advice is to slacken off the U bolts and the centre bolts holding the springs, and drive around for a while.
A while in my case was a week or two.
The springs came out with no trouble at all after that.
I do mean solid.
On a chassis I had once, it took a sledgehammer and a couple of replacement bits of steel flat bar to get them out. Replacements, because I had hit them so much they had become useless.
You cannot sensibly do that from under a car.
The advice is to slacken off the U bolts and the centre bolts holding the springs, and drive around for a while.
A while in my case was a week or two.
The springs came out with no trouble at all after that.