[DeTomaso] [resend] Shock removal

[Asa Jay Laughton]

If I wish to remove the front shocks, do I need a spring compressor to
do it?  Or will I have enough room if the suspension simply hangs?

Currently, with the front end in the air and the wheels removed, I can't
get any movement.  There is enough tension on the components that I
can't budge anything.  I know, I should probably keep the wheel on and
the weight of the car on the wheel, but then I can't really see
anything.  Maybe I'll go out and buy a set of ramps to put under it.

Anyway.  I don't believe the bushings or ball-joints have ever been
replaced.  I don't remember seeing anything like that in the receipts,
and everything looks really old.  What I can see of the rubber bushings
are very cracked which of course leads me to believe I should replace
them regardless if they are really bad.  <sigh>  I really didn't want to
get this deep until next year.  But darn it, I wanted to drive it this
summer and I'm already several weeks behind due to the steering column.
. . . And I've only got two weeks off from school.

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired

& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA

1973 Pantera L 5533
[ASASCAT]

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