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 Posted: 08-08-2005 12:22 am
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Mark Rosenbaum



Joined: 03-12-2005
Location: Kingman, Arizona USA
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 Upon re-reading your post it occurs to me you might have been asking about the rear springs rather than the rear shocks.

To remove the rear springs, first undo the nut holding the spring to the lower arm.  Support the arm with a jack, remove the rear pivot bolt, and slowly lower the arm until it falls free of the spring.  Remove the forward pivot bolt on the arm and let it drop free.

Insert a 9/16" hex socket attached to a long extension shaft up through the center of the rear spring, and undo the hex bolt securing the spring upper bushing to the chassis.  With the bolt removed the rear spring will drop free.

When reinstalling the spring, the pin on the upper bushing fits into the unthreaded hole to the rear of the threaded weld-nut in the chassis.