Ah....welcome to chassis hell...lol. If the motor is in the car, you should be able to jack up from the bottom of the lower control arm and get the top ball joint in. If the motor isnt in, the only advice I have is to make a spring compressor using a 5/8" threaded rod and about 4 big washers and nuts. keeping the weight of the vehicle on the jack, use a air wrench to turn the nuts and compress the spring. I ran the rod through the shock holes...it wasnt fun. But it worked.KILLSHOTB said:I need advice on changing the front coil springs on an 84 Monte SS. I just banged out the top ball joint and the lower control arm sprang open. How do you squeeze the control arms together to get the ball joints back in? Jack? or compression tool?
Bonnewagon said:" I just banged out the top ball joint and the lower control arm sprang open. :shock: " Man, people lose there faces doing that. Next time use a spring compressor or floor jack to take the pressure off the control arm. Also do as Jack suggested and use a safety chain in case the spring goes apeshit on you.
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