A successful installation of the left hand spring yesterday. I had to remove of the lower wishbone arms (one more time) to recheck one of the trunnion bushings because I was having trouble closing the gap between the wishbone arm and trunnion. Everything checked out OK so I reinstalled the arm and proceeded with the spring installation. My homemade spring compressor worked fairly well (it got difficult to tighten as the spring compressed) but I am going to make a few modifications before installing the right hand spring. I plan to lubricate the washers and move up to 1/2" redi rod ..a bit of rework and expense but I think it is a safer alternative than utilizing the 3/8" redi rod I used initially. For safety sake I made sure I contained the kinetic energy of the spring by using an external spring compressor in tandem and as I proceeded to tighten the spring down I also installed long guide bolts (and nuts) from the lower wishbones to the plates which would provide more containment if something would go wrong.
After the engine and transmission is installed I will bounce the chassis up and down a few times then go in and recheck the bolt torque values.
My work area is trashed. Tools and parts everywhere. I lost track of my 9/16 socket. Very annoying to say the least...First things first today will be a tidying of the tool crib and a general clean up...
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