<VV> Front suspension rebuild advice

[tkalp at cox.net]

Here is a photo of AeroNeds Sedan front end being rebuilt:

http://www.corvair.org/chapters/chapter672/newsletters/Apr07.pdf

Look at the tech tip on page seven.

At the last Tuna we tore down a front end for a club member with the crossmember clamped in a WorkMate bench.  Used the all thread with coupler nuts (twice a long as regular nuts to spread out the forces) to release the spring tension

Here is a photo of that setup:

http://www.corvair.org/chapters/chapter672/newsletters/July07.pdf

Check out page 4 this time.

I am getting too old and too fat to spend a lot of time crawling around under a Corvair . . .  will leave that to the young'ns

Terry Kalp

---- aeroned at aol.com wrote: 
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> I disagree with the advice about taking as much off the front axle/cross
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> OK, now you have the suspension off the car, how do you hold it to get all of the parts off?
> I'm really interested in hearing how you get the lower control arm off without the spring shooting it across the shop,
> really small spring compressor?
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> After you get it all apart and clean up the parts and paint them, how do you put it all back together without scratching up
> the pretty parts with the cross member sliding all over the work surface?
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> Ned
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