130 twin rear spring removal

[Don 130]

G'day all,
I've discovered one of my inner rear springs is lying cockeyed due to the top plate being out of it's spot in the upper spring locator. All this makes the inner spring contact the outer, causing a droning noise when the springs harmonise. So, I want to take the springs out and reset things in their correct positions. I've looked at the workshop manual, but there are no specific instructions on removing the double rear springs. Does anyone have any advice for me? I can borrow a spring compressor, but do I need two of them? or is there a more simple solution.
Don.

[roverrescue]

No need for a compressor.
Put axle on to axle stand, remove road wheel.
Remove bottom damper nut, disconnect sway bars if you have them, jack up the chassis.
Springs will come away from the seat and it will all make sense.

S

[130man]

Hi Don, as Roverrescue says, it is quite easy. I went about it the opposite way. I jacked up my 130 as high as I could and supported the chassis on axle stands , removed the road wheel, disconnected the shock absorber and lowered the axle steadily. My springs had a retainer across the bottom of the coils. I was able to insert a half inch square drive extension and socket and use a ratchet spanner to undo and do up the retainer bolt. Cheers, 130man.

[POD]

You can probably acheive this without even removing the wheel. Either undo the top of the shocker and ease it off the mount, or undo the nuts on the bottom of the shocker, then jack the vehicle up by the chassis on that side. The wheel will stay on the ground and the load will come off the spring until you are able to just push it or lever it back into place. I take my inner coils in & out as required for trips (load carrying) or general use (softer ride), by jacking up on one side you can pull the outer coil out away from the mount at the top and withdraw the inner coil completely. You may need to undo one side of the sway bar- I have removed my swaybars permanently so not sure how much they will interfere with this little job.

[2stroke]

I always put mine in for trips where I'll be carrying a lot of weight and pull them out after. Like 130man, I put a trolley jack under the rear diff housing, on one side, jack it up, support chassis on a stand, remove wheel (other wheel stays on) release bottom shock mount, lower jack (has to go pretty low) and the spring drops out of the top perch, it can then be pulled outward and the inner coil and retainer can be removed or refitted. I don't even touch the bottom retainer, unless it's loose.

[Don 130]

Thanks everyone, It sounds very simple. I've been tying to figure out what was making the noise for some time, and spotted the cockeyed top plate yesterday. I was pretty sure it was spring noise and so was the local mechanic, whose remedy was to wire the inner and outer springs together. That lasted about half the length of his driveway. Now I can get on to it.
Don.

[schuy1]

wired the inner and outer together? O_O WTF? They oscillate at different speeds, any fool knows that. Change of mechy is needed I think :-/ to 1 that didnt get his qualifications out of a cornflakes packet!