54 corvette rear spring replacement
 

did this one today

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never knew of the axle strap

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left front spring shackle on car

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left rear spring shackle on car

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front spring shackle removing

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old versus new spring

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right rear spring shackle hanger with new spring

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put some twist in spring spacers in front

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last up the alignment

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Looks like you probably need to use a lot of Blaster penetrating oil in jobs like that.

Or a good impact wrench. May break some bolts but they will come off.

Owner sprayed them down last week. Also, impact guns work well on the ubolts. I only had one casualty. Small bolt that holds the front spring shackle to the car.

Too bad you are so far away. I'd even let you work on my cars if I couldn't do the work myself. :thumbsup:

I know sooner or later that intermittent drivetrain squeal I hear in the C5Z is going to mean pulling out the drivetrain again. But I'm going to wait until something actually breaks first. :hehehe: