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From: New Bedford MA
Car: 1988 Gta trans am
Engine: LR4 4.8
Transmission: 98-02 t56 6 speed
Axle/Gears: Bw 9 bolt (3.70’s) pbr rotors
Quick question
Ok so my moog coil springs i installed look really good in the car but i think i disnt install them right. The front of the car is sitting up way to high i noticed that the bottom of the spring isnt sitting covering one of the drain holes is there a way to spin the spring with out undoing it all again of do i have to suck it up an disassemble it all ???
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From: Andover, NJ
Car: '88 Trans Am GTA; '84 Trans Am
Engine: L98 350TPI; 5.3 LSx built
Transmission: N/A; T56
Axle/Gears: 3.70 9 bolt; 3.73 10 bolt
Re: Quick question
Ok so my moog coil springs i installed look really good in the car but i think i disnt install them right. The front of the car is sitting up way to high i noticed that the bottom of the spring isnt sitting covering one of the drain holes is there a way to spin the spring with out undoing it all again of do i have to suck it up an disassemble it all ???
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From: New Bedford MA
Car: 1988 Gta trans am
Engine: LR4 4.8
Transmission: 98-02 t56 6 speed
Axle/Gears: Bw 9 bolt (3.70’s) pbr rotors
Re: Quick question
Here is what you may be able to do. Get a spring compressor, and hook it up, compress the spring just enough so that you can rotate it, then undo it when you get it where the spring is supposed to be. Naturally you will have to let the suspension hang when you do it. Be careful that you don't compress it too far or it may fall out.
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From: Andover, NJ
Car: '88 Trans Am GTA; '84 Trans Am
Engine: L98 350TPI; 5.3 LSx built
Transmission: N/A; T56
Axle/Gears: 3.70 9 bolt; 3.73 10 bolt
Re: Quick question
Could do that, but I think the upper pocket will come into play as a obstruction when you let the arm pivot. Also because of how its designed you could lose the spring in the lower pocket. Based on my experiences so far with trying to install springs, you do not want to have to go through the trouble of installing them in the pockets again. My suggestion was based on the assumption that you didn't want to take anything apart. It can be done as I was able to remove my front springs with the suspension assembled. Though that was compressing the spring quite a ways. In your case I would only compress to the point where you could turn the spring in the pocket.
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Car: 1987 Trans Am
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Re: Quick question
Ok so my moog coil springs i installed look really good in the car but i think i disnt install them right. The front of the car is sitting up way to high i noticed that the bottom of the spring isnt sitting covering one of the drain holes is there a way to spin the spring with out undoing it all again of do i have to suck it up an disassemble it all ???
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From: New Bedford MA
Car: 1988 Gta trans am
Engine: LR4 4.8
Transmission: 98-02 t56 6 speed
Axle/Gears: Bw 9 bolt (3.70’s) pbr rotors
Re: Quick question
Yea i know but i do need to get them to sit right in tthe bottom cause the front rode height looks terrible ill do it the way i stated above an of it dont work ill use a spring compressor to see if i can spin it that way
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