Advise on changing front springs

spatuk · Nov 5, 2012

hi, i'm in the process of changing my front springs, but the shockers are new-ish (3 months old) what i want to know is can i change the springs without stripping the turrets and shockers totally , if there is another way around it, could someone please give me a rundown of what to do and in what order please
regards

big si · Nov 5, 2012

you might be able to undo the bottom shock nut then jack up on chassis, push axle down and slip the old spring past it and the repeat in reverse for refitting. bit of a pig but worked on mine once.

jamesmartin · Nov 5, 2012

as above no need to remove turret or top shocker mount bottle jack between axle and chassis helps a lot

Litch · Nov 5, 2012

What is the problem in removing the turret & shock?
I replaced my springs & shocks again last weekend and the front ones took little over 1-hour a side so whatever you do you aren't going to save much time.

Jack & support chassis using axle-stands.
Place trolly jack under axle to stop it dropping.
Remove wheel.
Remove inner wing covers.
Undo shock & turret fixings.
Lift out turret & shock.
Allow axle to drop on the trolly jack (watch those brake lines).
Remove spring.

Fitting the new spring is the reverse of the above, easy.

jamesmartin · Nov 5, 2012

what are you gaining by removing it ?

big si · Nov 5, 2012

Litch said:
What is the problem in removing the turret & shock?
I replaced my springs & shocks again last weekend and the front ones took little over 1-hour a side so whatever you do you aren't going to save much time.

Jack & support chassis using axle-stands.
Place trolly jack under axle to stop it dropping.
Remove wheel.
Remove inner wing covers.
Undo shock & turret fixings.
Lift out turret & shock.
Allow axle to drop on the trolly jack (watch those brake lines).
Remove spring.

Fitting the new spring is the reverse of the above, easy.

hour a side , bloody hell

we did all 4 springs and shocks in just over an hour.

natas · Nov 5, 2012

big si said:
hour a side , bloody hell we did all 4 springs and shocks in just over an hour.

Took me 9 hours including the front radius arms

spatuk · Nov 5, 2012

thanks for all your advise, i did it without taking turret off but ive not finished it yet, as you can see from the pics i just continued cleaning and painting

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