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kombi_kid - December 11th, 2002 at 12:13 PM

hey can someone tell me my next step?????? have tried jacking the spring plate up and using the screw drive as a ramp.????????

Baja Wes - December 11th, 2002 at 12:40 PM

Move the jacket further down the spring plate, as close to the wheel end as possible. This will get the greatest leverage on the springplate and get it off it's stop.

Once it is off it's stop, try the screw driver trick again. try and lever the spring plate over the stop. It'll eventually move.

Also try tapping the end of the torsion bar with a hammer as your levering. It will help break the bond between the torsion bar and the spring plate.

[Edited on 11-12-2002 by Baja Wes]

baybuscamperkid - December 11th, 2002 at 01:00 PM

ive just done a similar thing myself, and if u dont mind taking the torsion bar out as well, then reattach the springplate to the hub, disconnect the drive shaft and use the weight of the whole getup along with your own grunt up and down and outward and u will get it b4 too long. its a bitch of a job, but that seemed to me the easieas way if u dont mind removing the lot.

kombi_kid - December 11th, 2002 at 01:41 PM

hey
i have had it over the edge but it wouldnt drop anymore cause of another spot was catchin on it ill try and get a photo!
cheers
rhys

kombi_kid - December 11th, 2002 at 01:52 PM

it get sorta caught around where that weld runds down (where ive circled)

kombi_kid - December 11th, 2002 at 03:01 PM

hey
this is how im doin it.
screw driver at the top and crow bar at the bottom and a jack at the end making it level.

56astro - December 11th, 2002 at 08:21 PM

Hey Rhys

Remember when we did Jack Frost's we used a couple of tyre levers (top, bottom and from in front) and just kept wriggling the spring plate. Try tapping the spring plate near the torsion bar, as mentioned above.

Then once the spring plate looks like it will clear the stops, let the jack down so that all of the weight is off it, by about 5-10mm. Then put some leverage into the wrecking bar you have and hey presto.

Sounds easy, if you get desperate give us a ring and I'll try and slip up.

Steve

Baja Wes - December 11th, 2002 at 08:48 PM

just hit the end of the torsion bar with a hammer while someone is levering the spring plate.

kombi_kid - December 12th, 2002 at 06:16 AM

hey
thanks heaps will try it out this morning!
cheers
rhys
p.s. thanks steve

vw54 - December 12th, 2002 at 06:32 AM

Rhys

BE CAREFUL AS THERE IS HEAPS OF TENSION ON THIS SPRING PLATE

KEEP YOUR FINGERS CLEAN

THEY USUALLY GO OFF WITH A BANG !!!

spray some WD40 lubricant onto the end onf the torsion spring as well while your using the pinch bars etc

kombi_kid - December 12th, 2002 at 07:42 AM

soaked them last night with INOX
cheers
rhys

kombi_kid - December 12th, 2002 at 04:12 PM

there out :D thanks heaps steve!
cheers
rhys
p.s. thanks for all your inputs

vw54 - December 12th, 2002 at 05:11 PM

Rhys u still got 8 fingers ???

did they go OFF with a BANG ???:puke:puke

kombi_kid - December 13th, 2002 at 06:15 AM

yer still got all my fingers i had to pull out the torsion bars aswell . im lowering it using them anyway so its not real important where i put them!
know to go and get some new bushes.
cheers
rhys

vw54 - December 13th, 2002 at 06:23 AM

WHAT ???

""" so its not real important where i put them! """

kombi_kid - December 13th, 2002 at 06:56 AM

ahahahahahahahahaha
i meant like where the splines go on the inner (left one to left one right one to right one)
cheers
rhys

kombi_kid - December 13th, 2002 at 06:57 AM

ahahahahahahahahaha
i meant like where the splines go on the inner (left one to left one right one to right one) and even on both sides ;)
cheers
rhys