- Aug 23, 2005
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I put new Pro-Kit springs in...and it was a job that is for sure. For those who say you can do it without a spring compressor, I couldn't do it, so I got a spring compressor from Autozone. And I would never try to do the job without an impact wrench......to use the spring compressor, I had to insert 2.5 inch metal pipe (the one that is in the shock tower) so that I could tighten the spring and have plenty of room on the top of the spring when I installed it...(otherwise the screw in the spring extends beyond the spring when you tighted it).
Now that my springs are installed, the front did not drop as much as the rear....I have read that it may take some time for the springs to settle in...I hope so anyway. I used the lower isolators from En. Susp, and they are pretty thick.
Queston number 1) Was I supposed to put those rubber insert things back into the springs?....(not the isolators, I used new Energy Suspension isolators). On the front, I could not get them in with the spring compressor I had, then on the back, I put one in and forgot the other one.
I have a hum (at 50mph+) of some sort that sounds like it is coming from the front....could that be because I did not put the rubber insert thing back in? Or is it coming from the wheel bearing?....and if it is the wheel bearing, why did it show up now? I had brakes done years ago on another car and when I got the car back, the same whine/hum came from one of the wheel drums and I had to replace the bearings....and I do use the impact to put the lugs back on, so could that somehow goof with the bearings.....
Question number 2) I tried to get the LCA off so I could replace the bushings I got from Energy Suspension, but I gave up. I got the two inside nuts off, the big 24mm ones, but then the bolt would not budge....my 700 lbs of torque wrench would not budge the bolts after I removed the inside nuts by hand. What do I need to do in the future to remove the bolts from the LCA?
Now that my springs are installed, the front did not drop as much as the rear....I have read that it may take some time for the springs to settle in...I hope so anyway. I used the lower isolators from En. Susp, and they are pretty thick.
Queston number 1) Was I supposed to put those rubber insert things back into the springs?....(not the isolators, I used new Energy Suspension isolators). On the front, I could not get them in with the spring compressor I had, then on the back, I put one in and forgot the other one.
I have a hum (at 50mph+) of some sort that sounds like it is coming from the front....could that be because I did not put the rubber insert thing back in? Or is it coming from the wheel bearing?....and if it is the wheel bearing, why did it show up now? I had brakes done years ago on another car and when I got the car back, the same whine/hum came from one of the wheel drums and I had to replace the bearings....and I do use the impact to put the lugs back on, so could that somehow goof with the bearings.....
Question number 2) I tried to get the LCA off so I could replace the bushings I got from Energy Suspension, but I gave up. I got the two inside nuts off, the big 24mm ones, but then the bolt would not budge....my 700 lbs of torque wrench would not budge the bolts after I removed the inside nuts by hand. What do I need to do in the future to remove the bolts from the LCA?