#LEAF SPRING ISOLATORS INSTALL#

#LEAF SPRING ISOLATORS INSTALL#

I had installed new Garbriel loaded struts prior to the puck install that did not stop the clunking. No more clunking noise after the puck install. If it had not been for the diesel mechanic, I would have been sitting there a heck of a lot longer.Īnyway, thanks for the help with it, and hopefully the next puck installation by who ever will not be a big PITA like mine was.Įdit: The good news. It was a big pain in the butt all around for me and the mechanic. I just don't know how you guys are doing it with just a jack and block of wood, but it just did not happen with my car. Took the mechanic at least an hour on one side, and 10 minutes on the other side.

By the time I got back from the bathroom they had the puck in. On the other side, he had the puck put on fast because he got the diesel mechanic to come and take a look at it, and he brought over what looked like a 6 ft.

It took him a good while to get the hub back on with the puck installed.

Next thing I know I heard the impact working, and he had the whole hub off the knuckle. He took off the trailing arm bolt, and he still could not get the spring to raise enough. Mechanic tried to jack up on the spring, and it just kept walking to the center. None of the mechanics had seen, or done the job using the pucks, but they said they could do it. I took the car to the garage today to get the pucks installed. Again, if the spring is compressed to start with (the car is on the ground), the extent of the spring bowing would be much lower, and that might help with the walking too.Īlso, I don't think anyone mentioned this and you may already know this: when you are loosening the trailing arm bolt, you are loosening the nut right? Once that is loose, getting the bolt out would be the next step. That clamp won't have to be super tight to stop the walking. Once the spring starts to level out where it's being jacked, it will quit trying to walk since it will be closer to being level. I don't know why I did not think of that before now. Take my c-clamp and use two blocks of wood to protect the bottom and top of the spring, and then compress the c-clamp, and use it as a stop to stop the floor jack and wood block from walking toward the center of the spring. To stop the block of wood from walking to the center of the spring. Paslode Cordless Framing Nailer CF325Li (Uncompensated Review and Demo) Yawn, you want me to put in 100 more nails, yawn, wait until I finish my non-alcoholic (never use power tools and drink!) margarita. I can put over a 100 3' nails, with glue and barbs on the end, and not work up a sweat. So, that I can do stuff, with more ease.ītw, cordless butane-powered framing nailer guns - ROCK!! Use a hammer to drive in a 3' nail? Ha, ha, ha! Snap On 3/8' Drive Long Handle Sealed Ratchet FL830 (~10' ~~$55 used in good shape)Ĭouldn't find a good static image to link, so here's an ebay link to a search: Snap-On Ratchet Sealed Head Dual 80 Extra Long Handle 3/8' Drive 17 1/2' FLL80 (~~$80 used in good shape) It's more compact, and there isn't a pipe that moves/wiggles around while you're doing some ratcheting. Imho, I find them better than using a pipe. Not cheap.īut, you may find a used on on ebay for a non super high price. Edited Jby LukeZ34ītw, snap-on makes some nice 3/8' ratchets with looong handles. I just don't see any way to install that pad without removing the trailing arm. Guess I will swing by the garage Monday morning, and let them put it on. I am pushing 60 years old, so I just can't get her done like I use to do. The only thing that broke loose was a rib of mine that made a popping sound. I don't have any air impacts, so I knew it was going to be a bear to break that bolt with a 15/16 inch wrench or big breaker bar and impact socket. That dang trailing arm sits there right in the way. Put the rear on jack stands, used a block of wood and a six inch c-clamp to try to get the spring to raise out of the knuckle, but I could not get close enough to the end of the spring to raise it up enough. I tried to install the Moog transverse spring isolator pads. The factory rubber is completely gone on both sides. After I got the new struts on, I inspected the ends of the leaf spring where it goes into the knuckle, and there was absolutely nothing on either end of the spring. My 92 Cutlass Supreme S still has some clunking noise in the rear.

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