"I'll just head home over lunch and add a half inch to those shocks..."
You ever hear us stupid weekend warriors say things like that and just laaaaaaugh and laaaaugh and laugh?
Christ. Why do I do these things to myself? Yeah they're hard to turn, dipshit, you're cranking them against 450lb springs and praying your tiny little spanner wrench doesn't pop loose and break your knuckles.
Fortunately I have bar clamps in the wood shop and those make real nice little extension bars.
Short little drive afterward. Definitely helped. Visually the tires are no longer seated up in the well, they're right at the lip, but I hate fender rub so damn much. Just makes the drive more nerve wracking than it oughta be. The stance still looks good and that's what I was after.
I may try to add another quarter inch over the next week or two but damn, my arms were just shot trying to get the right angle on that wrench to get the spanner to bite and then get the necessary leverage while trying to work from my back underneath the car. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Short little drive afterward. Definitely helped. Visually the tires are no longer seated up in the well, they're right at the lip, but I hate fender rub so damn much. Just makes the drive more nerve wracking than it oughta be. The stance still looks good and that's what I was after.
I may try to add another quarter inch over the next week or two but damn, my arms were just shot trying to get the right angle on that wrench to get the spanner to bite and then get the necessary leverage while trying to work from my back underneath the car.
Pro - tip. Use a floor jack to take the weight off the shocks when adjusting them. Especially going up. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Marcellus:
Pro - tip. Use a floor jack to take the weight off the shocks when adjusting them. Especially going up.
I did.
Had it on the floor jack up front and jack stands on the frame (I fucking hate being under a car; I take zero chances). Like you, I expected it to take all the weight off the springs.
It did not. They were still under load. The drivers side was definitely easier than the passenger side so it's obvious they're under different amounts of it, but they're not spinning free in there by any means.
Must just be tight fits. Old cars are goofy.
There's a reason I swore off suspension work about 10 years ago. I've just NEVER had it go easy on me. And I'll be damned if I'm dropping my lower control arm like I did last time.
Mean strength and anger will get the job done more often than not... [Reply]