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Shock/Struts
Before I install lowering springs w/CC plates, would it be worth while to
replace shock and struts as well? -- Jeff --------- 01 GT FIPK Pro 5.0 Shifter UPR fuel door MAC White Face Gauge Magnapack catback |
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Jeff wrote:
> Before I install lowering springs w/CC plates, would it be worth while to > replace shock and struts as well? With an '01... you'll need to change them within the next year or so anyway, so I would, as a "while you've got it all apart". You'll spend a little more now, but save overall. Yep. Good idea. -- Wound Up ThunderSnake #65 |
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On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 22:01:15 +0000, Wound Up wrote:
> Jeff wrote: >> Before I install lowering springs w/CC plates, would it be worth while to >> replace shock and struts as well? > > With an '01... you'll need to change them within the next year or so > anyway, so I would, as a "while you've got it all apart". You'll spend > a little more now, but save overall. Yep. Good idea. Damn, more research ;-) Thanks. -- Jeff --------- 01 GT FIPK Pro 5.0 Shifter UPR fuel door MAC White Face Gauges Magnapack catback |
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Jeff wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 22:01:15 +0000, Wound Up wrote: > > >>Jeff wrote: >> >>>Before I install lowering springs w/CC plates, would it be worth while to >>>replace shock and struts as well? >> >>With an '01... you'll need to change them within the next year or so >>anyway, so I would, as a "while you've got it all apart". You'll spend >>a little more now, but save overall. Yep. Good idea. > > > Damn, more research ;-) > > Thanks. There is a specific type of spring compressor for used for McPherson struts. Be sure to use that kind, and take your time. You can rent them. -- Wound Up ThunderSnake #65 |
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In article >, Wound Up wrote:
> There is a specific type of spring compressor for used for McPherson > struts. Be sure to use that kind, and take your time. You can rent them. SN95 mustangs have the strut separate from the spring. There is no need for that tool. |
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Brent P wrote:
> In article >, Wound Up wrote: > > >>There is a specific type of spring compressor for used for McPherson >>struts. Be sure to use that kind, and take your time. You can rent them. > > > SN95 mustangs have the strut separate from the spring. There is no need > for that tool. Ah, thanks for the clarification. I assumed, bad thing. -- Wound Up ThunderSnake #65 |
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On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 12:13:01 -0600, Brent P wrote:
> In article >, Wound Up wrote: > >> There is a specific type of spring compressor for used for McPherson >> struts. Be sure to use that kind, and take your time. You can rent them. > > SN95 mustangs have the strut separate from the spring. There is no need > for that tool. Excellent. -- Jeff --------- 01 GT FIPK Pro 5.0 Shifter UPR fuel door MAC White Face Gauges Magnapack catback |
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On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 01:23:51 GMT, Wound Up > wrote:
>Jeff wrote: >> On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 22:01:15 +0000, Wound Up wrote: >> >> >>>Jeff wrote: >>> >>>>Before I install lowering springs w/CC plates, would it be worth while to >>>>replace shock and struts as well? >>> >>>With an '01... you'll need to change them within the next year or so >>>anyway, so I would, as a "while you've got it all apart". You'll spend >>>a little more now, but save overall. Yep. Good idea. >> >> >> Damn, more research ;-) >> >> Thanks. > >There is a specific type of spring compressor for used for McPherson >struts. Be sure to use that kind, and take your time. You can rent them. Not needed. There is no pressure on the strut. It comes out very easily. Remove NO-SPAM from email address when replying |
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Rein wrote:
> On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 01:23:51 GMT, Wound Up > wrote: > > >>Jeff wrote: >> >>>On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 22:01:15 +0000, Wound Up wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Jeff wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Before I install lowering springs w/CC plates, would it be worth while to >>>>>replace shock and struts as well? >>>> >>>>With an '01... you'll need to change them within the next year or so >>>>anyway, so I would, as a "while you've got it all apart". You'll spend >>>>a little more now, but save overall. Yep. Good idea. >>> >>> >>>Damn, more research ;-) >>> >>>Thanks. >> >>There is a specific type of spring compressor for used for McPherson >>struts. Be sure to use that kind, and take your time. You can rent them. > > > Not needed. There is no pressure on the strut. It comes out very > easily. > Remove NO-SPAM from email address when replying Yeah, sorry Brent P., for any inconvenience this incorrect assumption of mine may have caused. It's still a good idea to swap them out at this point, though..... -- Wound Up ThunderSnake #65 |
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In article >, Wound Up wrote:
>> Not needed. There is no pressure on the strut. It comes out very >> easily. > Yeah, sorry Brent P., for any inconvenience this incorrect assumption of > mine may have caused. It's still a good idea to swap them out at this > point, though..... Not me, the OP... I just posted the correction . I've changed the struts and shocks over to bilstiens in my '97 years ago and changed em over on my dad's 99 just a couple months ago. The only hard part is the top nut on the stock front struts. I was able to break them loose on the car with mine using an impact wrench. On my dad's I had to undo the three small bolts and take it out as an assembly, put the strut shaft in a big vice and then use the impact. Those struts were much more worn than those I took out of my car. |
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