Re: [AMC-list] Big Nut Wrenches and Springs

[Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I know Matt had the same issue with those elcheapo spring clamps.
He got a set of GOOD ones from a local spring shop.

Tom should set up a rental on those wrenches :)
Still like to get the measurements to the frame rail once things settle down.
Now that I think about it, I assume rear bumper height might be close enough, though that adds in factors like front ride hide.

Mark Price
Morgantown, WV 26508
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
"I realize that death is inevitable.
I just don't want to be around when it happens!"

----- "Joe Fulton" <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: "Joe Fulton" <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 3:36:02 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: [AMC-list] Big Nut Wrenches and Springs
>
> I'm installing the ESPO leaf springs I got recently for my 65
> American.  There are no torque specs in the TSM for U-bolts or the
> shackle botls so I looked in the 1970 TSM and am using those specs. 
> The ESPO springs are not made as well as the factory springs. Among
> other things the clamps are cheap steel banding and there are no
> rubber tabs protruding through spring plates to hold the insulators in
> place.  Furthermore the second spring in the pack is only about 3/4 of
> the length of the factory plate.  I haven't let the car down off of
> the lift yet so I don't know how it will sit, but I did request 1 inch
> of additional curve in the springs and it seems to be there when the
> springs are unloaded.
> 
> >From what I can see, it looks like my rear tranny seal (T35) is
> leaking pretty bad so I'll probably have to replace it.  
> 
> TOM J where did you buy your "big nut" wrenches.  I think I'll drop
> the driveshaft via the TSM method since I don't want to mess with the
> spring bolts any more.  I needed to be able to move the car this
> weekend or I might have combined the driveshaft drop with the spring
> replacement but things don't always work out the easiest way for me. 
> Murphy keeps tapping me on the shoulder and reminding me of little
> corollaries to his basic law.
> 
> Joe Fulton
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