Thread: DIY replacing springs

Easy mate....

You need:

Chassis Stands
Jack (Trolley preferred but bottle ok)
Spanner (17mm and 19mm)

Dont forget ALL safety precautions..... (chocked, Park, CDL on etc.....)

1) Climb under vehicle rear and undo bottom shock mounts on both sides. BEFORE JACKING IT UP.
2) Jack vehicle up and place chassis on stands.
3) Remove wheel(s) on rear diff
4) Lower the axle as the chassis holds in stands and keep lowering one side until spring falls out (may have to unclip ABS lines etc)
5) Put new spring in and raise diff
6) Re-attach shock on side completed (helps retain spring)
7) Re-fit road wheel to finished side

Repeat for other side....

No spring compressors needed

Thanks Tombie, nice!

dont forget the rope....

with weight on the vehicle tie the coils of the springs together, it makes them come out so much easier.

I also have a small 2 stage 2t jack that I place in where the bump stop goes, Before I undo the shocky I use this to fully extend the axle on one shock (the other shockies the same length, jack the other side down the same amount when you do it), let it down a bit, then remove the shocky and jack the axle down again this makes placing the new shock/spring in easier.

of course, being really lazy I pre compress the springs in my press prior to roping them off.

My little tips to add to the other exelent comments are...
The higher the body the eisier the job.
Fit the right one first, this side has the brake hose and thus less "flex" than the left side.
Leave the shoker bolts loose(but safe) untill the rigs back on the ground, bounce the rig to take the stress out of the bushs and tighten.

I know mine has airbags in the rear but for my replacement last weekend, I lowered the whole axle just down from normal ride height (whilst it was on chassis stands). Then I dropped one side of the axle at a time, replaced spring, then re raised it a bit and dropped the other.

For me If I had the axle at standard ride height and dropped one side (via a jack) it had about half the room than if the axle was dropped a couple of inches on both sides (evenly) before I then dropped a single side at a time.

God I hope that makes sense.....

Hi,

I did a tutorial of sorts not so long ago.

Hot tip is don't think you save any time by not disconecting things.

Here a link

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/projects-t...-d2-kinda.html

Easy but a little heavy on the back.

Ian.

Come for a drive....

I have 2 HD rear coils here too...

Beers, job done... BBQ

4 1/2 hours here, 1/2 hour to do the job, 1 hour BBQ...

You should be home within 12 hours

Thanks heaps everyone, and TOMBIE!!!

I have never been to Portagutta before so maybe sometime! finding 12hours to get away from the family is VERY difficult however I really appreciate the offer,,,,especially the beer and bbq!!!

I have a set of extra heavy duty 2' lifted dobinsons springs coming from suspensionstuff in perth.$200 including postage so pretty happy with that.

I will set aside a saturday soon to install the new springs ready for the summer of towing the ski boat. Problem is, whenever I work on the car I usually have my 3 year old climbing around under it with me "helping" and losing all my tools all over the backyard but thats all part of it.

Thanks again!