[BaadAssGremlins] Re: 77 amx springs

["Dan M." <vegadan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Doc,

I never said anything about not saying if something is safe or not.  
If what I'm doing is not safe, I appreciate being told that.  And 
it's not about spending the lousy $160.  I just wasnt to do this 
once, which is why I asked.  And, my "private" email (and I sent it 
privately so as not to air this out in the forum) was with regards 
to how a question is answered, not the answer itself.   All I ask is 
that you treat me with the same respect that I would treat you.

Dan


--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, AMC74HORNET@xxxx wrote:
>
> Ok Dan I know you don't want to hear it from "ME" and I fully 
expect to
> get another personal private E-Mail from you again tomorrow but 
here it
> is. Unless you have above average mechanical skills, messing with 
an AMC
> front end changing the springs is "VERY" dangerous even with the 
right
> tools a professional can be injured or "KILLED" by a coil spring 
popping
> out. The 50+ year experienced AMC "DEALER" mechanic I knew was 
blind in
> one eye from getting hit in the head with a spring that popped. 
And I am
> not ragging on you son. I want to make sure the first time AMC'ers
> realize this fact about AMC front ends. Also the 60's and early 
70's
> Mustang's, Falcon's and Torino's have the same front end design. I 
have
> V8 72 Torino front gas shocks in my yellow 74 Hornet. Now to the 
plain
> simple facts putting non A/C springs or cut coils will lower the 
car and
> when you hit a bump the lower "A" arm will hit the bump stop and 
the
> shocks will bottom out. You did see this triangle shaped bracket 
bolted
> to the chassis with a rubber bumper on it didn't you? I have 
modified
> urethane ones on my yellow car. When it bottoms out it will cause 
bump
> steer and jerk the steering wheel out of your hands an if your 
fingers
> are in the wrong position WILL BREAK THEM!!! and you will loose 
control
> of the car. If you want a low rider AMX spend the 5 "G"s and have a
> profession install the air bag suspension. If you just want a safe 
car
> spend the losey 160$ for new rear springs and be done with it
> already!!!!! And by the way I was a jet engine mechanic in the 
Navy and
> also a flight deck plane captain on an aircraft carrier who had the
> final say over whether an 8 million dollar aircraft was launched 
and the
> 5 lives in it. Fabricator, heavy equipment mechanic, custom pin 
striper
> and painter and AMC owner for 40 years and AMC dealer mechanic in 
the
> last 40 years qualifies me to answer the safety questions here 
when I
> see some one doing some thing dangerous. Sorry Bart I just had to 
say it
> but unsafe is just that unsafe.  
> "Doc"
>






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