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I had a mobile mechanic out to replace the snapped spring on my tourer about a month ago. He was going to replace both sides but said he couldn't undo the RH pinch bolt with just oil and breaker bar/impact wrench - it needed heat and being mobile he couldn't carry gas torches. Thankfully he could undo the one side that had the broken spring so I then drove it to a garage to have them do the other side.
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12th April 2017, 18:42 | #34 |
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Nope cars lying outside the house on an axle stand, had the weather against me here and also working nights I ended up sleeping all day Tuesday and today it was raining on and off. Decided to leave them and wait until I have the money for the lowering springs. Gonna get the air grinder out and cut the end off the spring so I can put the car back up the driveway without damaging the tyre completely.
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12th April 2017, 19:35 | #36 |
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Nah it doesn't take long with the air grinder the cut off the bit of the spring that's hanging down, I done it with my ZT-T. The tyre is knackered and needs replaced but it saves it from bursting right through it.
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I used the grip-tite sockets which grip on the flats, not the corners. I used a long 1/2" wrench for leverage but both came out fairly easily. As you can see from the photo they were well and truly thread corroded.
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Gonna just heat them up and spray them with penetrating fluid, will do it a couple of times. Cars not making POL though so air grinder is coming out and then I'll move the car back into the driveway until it gets it's lowering springs. Hopefully have it back on the road by the end of May as I wanna take it away with me for my birthday!
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