Rear Springs removal and intallation

[v2vera]

OK guys I have yet another question.. I just bought the Moog CC507 Rear Springs of razor376 today. I should be receiving them this weekend. However I would rather install them myself to save me some $$. I have never messed with this type of stuff but I am learning as I go. How hard is this to do? How long would this take? Is there anything I should now about? Easier ways to do this stuff like that. What steps should I take to remove and what steps to install. As always any and all inpute is greatly appreciated. Thanks Vic

 

[Longroof79]

Vic,
Replacing rear springs are easier to do than doing front springs. You would have to jack up the rear of the car. Hopefully you own a decent floor jack and jackstands. You can jack up the rear of the car by placing the jack under the rear axle/differential.
Jack it high enough to work under the car comfortably..and then place the jack stands under the frame just forward of the rear wheels...where the jack points are. You'll see them. Keep the floorjack under the rear differential and proceed by unbolting the shock absorbers. With the shocks unbolted, you can then slowly lower the jack and pull the rear springs out one at a time.
Replace them one at a time. Gradually raise the floorjack, and then proceed to tighten the shock bolts.
It's as easy as that. ( Just make sure you secure the car with good jack stands.) Then raise the car again and remove the jackstands and lower the car to the ground. That's all there is to it. Piece o' cake. Be safe and be careful.

 

[maddog20_20]

If the above method doesn't work (sometimes you can't get enough clearance by just removing the shock) the longer process is:

1) Loosen the wheel lugnuts. Raise and support the left rear side of the car. Lower the jack.

2) Remove the wheel.

3) using the floor jack again, with a block of wood to protect the suspension parts, raise the lower arm to apply some pressure on the rear spring.

4) Remove the bolt Holding the rear swaybar to the arm. Remove the bushings as well.

5) Remove the lower control arm bolt and nut.

6) Slowly lower the floor jack to decompress the rear spring. Keep the Rubber foot that came out with the spring, you'll need to re-use this piece.

7) Place the rubber foot at the top of the rear aftermarket spring, noting the notch. It will only fit one way. Line it up.

8) Place the bottom of the spring in the lower control arm, and using the jack, raise it into position. Be sure to guide the rubber foot back to the correct location before applying tension to the spring.

9) Raise the control arm with the jack again. As soon as you have the lower control arm back in place, re-install the nut and bolt that hold it together.

10) Re install the bushings and the sway bar end link bolts.

11) Get the jack back out from under there and install the wheel.

12) Lower the car and torque the lug nuts down.

Repeat the same process for the rear right side of the car.

 

[v2vera]

Thanks guys. Seems like a pretty straight forward install. Thanks for the extremely clear instructions 😀 . I will be doing this weekend to keep my busy lol. I have nothing planned so I will make sure I take my time and make sure car is properly secured with the stands. Im pretty confident I can get his done actually looking forward to it.. Always love learning new stuff haha. Hopefully get rid of the sagging right side.

Do you guys recomend changing the shocks? If so what kind/Brand would you recomend?

 

[maddog20_20]

MAKE SURE YOU BLOCK THE FRONT WHEELS before jacking the rearend up -- or it just might roll away

Any decent shock should work for a street application.

 

[v2vera]

LOL ohh that much I know now!!! Ive had the pleasure of having one get away from me before! lol ...Ive also had the pleasure of the car wont go forward then a little reving and a quick hop lol forgot to remove the 4x4 block's from the front wheels 😳

 

[axisg]

Its an easy job. Good info listed above but I have found that if you jack the rear of the car up on stands ( blocking the fronts wheels front and back and use a floor jack under the centre section to take the weight off enough to unbolt the bottom bolts on the shocks ( one side at a time ) and let down the floor jack. If the spring doesnt pop out then working on the side you just removed the shock from have a friend ( or your wife in my case ) slide a 6' long 4x4 over the rear wheel and under the frame section and push down the wheel and axle until the spring almost falls out ( the longer the 4x4 the more leverage and less effort required ). Last spring change on the Monte was about 20 mins start to finish in the driveway. Really only the 2 x 3/4" shock bolts holding it all together

 

[Bonnewagon]

All good advice above. But if using stiff springs, sometimes they just won't come out or go in. If raising the opposite wheel doesn't drop your side enough, then I use outside spring compressors (like struts use) to compress them. Removing the shock alltogether helps a lot, but whoever designed those hidden top nuts/bolts should be keel-hauled.

 

[v2vera]

OK guys so I just replaced the rear springs and BOY did the rear end lift up. It must have lifted the rear bumper a good 3 inches! I kind of like the look but the front is to soft now. I want to change the front springs now and maybe get a few inches lift. What springs would you guys recomend? If any of you have any extra laying around Id gladly pay for them if the price is right 🙂

before pics...

after install

 

[v2vera]

Front coil Springs removal and intallation

OK guys, Springs just came in yesterday. How hard is it to change the front coil springs? I just did the rear with your guy's advice and was pretty straight forward and simple. I know the front is more difficult/dangerous from what ive read . What tools will I need? Any advice to make the install easier? once again thanks for advice 🙂