Re: INSTALLING SPRINGS ON STRUTS
[Re: Magnumguy]
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09/20/16 10:10 PM
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therocks
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Bill better and cheaper to get a quick strut.IIRC they need a compressor.Then usually the isolators are bad more cost.Look up quick strut ill bet around 80 bucks or less.Rock auto usually has the best price.I always replace in pairs as a car that old the spring is worn out also.Rocky
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Re: INSTALLING SPRINGS ON STRUTS
[Re: Magnumguy]
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09/20/16 11:28 PM
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I use the weight of the car to compress the spring. First thing is to break the upper nut free. then jack the car up using the LCA, put the frame on a jackstand but keep the jack under the LCA with it up as far as you can, then out the strut mount bolts, the finish taking off the upper net, slowly lower the LCA. Installation is the opposite. Worked on ever strut car I ever had to replace springs on, 86 Daytona, 05 Neon, 89 Voyager, 95 Mustang whatever year Cobalt my daughter had.
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Re: INSTALLING SPRINGS ON STRUTS
[Re: therocks]
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09/20/16 11:53 PM
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Bill better and cheaper to get a quick strut.IIRC they need a compressor.Then usually the isolators are bad more cost.Look up quick strut ill bet around 80 bucks or less.Rock auto usually has the best price.I always replace in pairs as a car that old the spring is worn out also.Rocky Thanks, I do plan on replacing both of them. Front one broke about a year ago, same way.
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Re: INSTALLING SPRINGS ON STRUTS
[Re: Magnumguy]
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09/21/16 11:47 AM
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At the cost of springs and labor its not worth it most times to not get quick struts.Cost of springs,labor to remove/install,usually the plates and insulators.You have more than a complete strut.Usually just the labor savings offsets the price and its all new.Rock Auto typically has the best price on them.Rocky
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Re: INSTALLING SPRINGS ON STRUTS
[Re: Magnumguy]
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09/21/16 01:18 PM
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At the cost of springs and labor its not worth it most times to not get quick struts.Cost of springs,labor to remove/install,usually the plates and insulators.You have more than a complete strut. This is true. I thought maybe he had a buddy that worked at a shop and he could use the spring compressor for next to nothing. That's what I did when I put drop springs on a Stratus I used to have. Just took them to my friends work and we swapped them after hours.
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Re: INSTALLING SPRINGS ON STRUTS
[Re: Magnumguy]
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09/21/16 03:13 PM
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Even at work we started uson quick struts on most.Between less labor and not having to buy other parts say bearing plates etc that have 100K or more.The price was close to just replacing the strut and a better ride with all new.Rocky
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Re: INSTALLING SPRINGS ON STRUTS
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09/21/16 05:32 PM
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Funny Ive installed many.Both at work and at the shop when I was there.They are Monroe.so if you buy any but you might get junk.Maybe you need a different supplier.Monroe uses the same strut and springs they sell seprately. Rocky
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