no luck with lowering springs

[bigjohnson4.6gt]

today i tried swapping the springs. First the brake caliper bolts are not budging (even with a breaker bar), then i tried just dropping the strut but it didnt drop far enough cause the sway bar was holding it up. So i tried disconnecting the sway bar and that wasnt happening cause those bolts are like rusted shut and if i went any further i would have twisted the bolt or stripped the threads on it. Anyone got any better ideas? i tried following the mustang world steps, im going to do it again with my bud probably next weekend (weather depending)

 

[gt96stang]

pb blaster and air tools

 

[bigjohnson4.6gt]

i got a weak compressor though, my air gun wont even take the lug nuts off my wheels, im gonna pick up some of that pb blaster tomorrow

 

[gt96stang]

Definitely let everything soak before you try and get at it.. I used it very generously when I did mine... But I also had a lift and air tools.

 

[bigjohnson4.6gt]

thanks, how did you do yours?

 

[gt96stang]

I believe I used the MW how-to, but I also changed out my struts/shocks at the same time... So I just removed the strut before taking out the spring..

 

[bigjohnson4.6gt]

did you have to remove the sway bar? when i disconnected the strut it didnt come out all the way

 

[WyoTechMSA]

You have to disconnect the sway bar, also youll need to remove the brake line clips to avoid stretching or tearing any lines. With some wd-40 or pb blaster you should be more than capable of doing the whole thing with hand tools. Youll also need 2 jackstands and a jack.

 

[gt96stang]

no, but I did disconnect it..
I also used http://www.stangnet.com/tech/spring.html as well... I tried to use a compilation of all that I could find to do my springs

 

[bigjohnson4.6gt]

thanks, i wish i had the stangnet one today, it is more in depth, hopefully i can do it next weekend

 

[Steve-Oh]

Repeating what everyone else said, WD40 is your friend. Spring compressor's might help also.

 

[bigjohnson4.6gt]

i wd40'd the crap out of all those bolts, almost wasting an entire can on the caliper bolts, but they would not budge at all

 

[Steve-Oh]

i wd40'd the crap out of all those bolts, almost wasting an entire can on the caliper bolts, but they would not budge at all

Here's a story for you: I was trying to change my rotors out with slotted ones and couldn't get the damn front rotors off. They were rusted solid to the hub. I tried spraying WD40 on them and still wouldn't come off. We beat them with a rubber malet and still no luck. After sitting over night with the WD on it, it soaked through and the next day we gave it a couple taps and it came right off.

There's a morral in there somewhere O0

 

[ju015dd]

you just needed a bfh(bigfuckinghammer)

 

[19mustang95]

you need PB blaster and a big fucking breaker bar...breaker bars saves fucking lives. fo rizzeal. 8)

 

[bigjohnson4.6gt]

well hopefully the wd40 will do the same for me overnight, but on a brighter note i got my summer rims on, and had about a 30' burnout going today, and nothing beats the smell of burning rubber :banana:

 

[Red96GT]

well hopefully the wd40 will do the same for me overnight, but on a brighter note i got my summer rims on, and had about a 30' burnout going today, and nothing beats the smell of burning rubber :banana:

A lot of things beat the smell of burning $350 a piece 18 by 315 tires though. :-\

 

[19mustang95]

A lot of things beat the smell of burning $350 a piece 18 by 315 tires though. :-\

since when did get rims?

 

[Red96GT]

A lot of things beat the smell of burning $350 a piece 18 by 315 tires though. :-\

since when did get rims?

I wish I got rims. I was saying in general, I would not want to be roasting expensive as hell tires.

 

[Steve-Oh]

A lot of things beat the smell of burning $350 a piece 18 by 315 tires though. :-\

I agree. I refuse to do a burnout when mine are on.