im going to change the rear springs on the cossie today never done any before so how easy or hard are they to do its on a 2wd saff

 

Bit of a chew on mate!

If you're lucky:

Undo the exhaust from its hangers
Remove ARB clamps
Disconnect ABS sensors
Disconnect rear brake lines
Undo rear diff mount
Get old springs out with spring compressors.

You may have to remove the rear beam pickup bolts too.

Neil.

 

A mate of mine changed his on his 2wd saff cos, said it was pretty straight forward, but he is quiet handy with a tool kit.

 

 

Wheels off.
Undo shocks.
Undo Shafts.
Compress the old springson out.
Job done.

Me & Lee R21 done about 4sets on mine last year

 

That's what I tried, but it's easier to undo the diff mount (4 bolts, not 12 for the shafts), and getting the arms low enough to get the springs out meant that the rear brake lines were getting pulled taught

You can do mine next time!!!

Neil.

 

Neil S makes it seems like a days work.

Paul makes it sound like you could do it standing on your head

Why such a mega difference?

 

Dunno about a saff, did it easy enough on my old MK5 Escort. First time I jacked it tho I had the stand under the lower arm so I couldn't push it down to get the shock free

 

ill have a go lol can c angle grinder coming out to play for time being

 

Aint that the truth Paul!!!

I think we got it down about an hour for the whole job from start to finish!

Make sure the springs are sat right in the bottom arm before you lower the car as it can make it sit all wrong otherwise!!!

 

Just get the angle grinder on it

I reckon we get it in less than 30minutes now Lee

 

APMSL!!!! Yeah fetch it down here & Paul will lop a coil off with his angle grinder....makes the car sit perfect afterwards....well.....until ya hoof the loud pedal then you end up with a flat exhaust tip!!!

Oh & dont forget to use the purple touch up pen so the ends of the springs dont rust!!!!

 

getting old springs out is normally tyhe hard bit. getting the new ones in is normally piss easy, as theyre gonna be aftermarket lowered ones, so they'll be shorter

cut the old ones out

 

may resort to that when i lose my ( non existent) temper

 

Oh my sides

Purple touch up pen was mint....im a big bufty

 

one side done me and the fiancee lol not to bad of a job concidering never done em before now on to the next side