ok, i really screwed myself over today..... i was trying to change my engine mounts with the engine jacked up by the oil pan and the A-arms on. the drivers side one wasnt too bad, it took me like 6 hours though. but the passanger side one is literaly impossible for me to do with the same tools i used for the drivers side one. ive tryed dropping the passanger side a-arm down as far as possible to increase the gap, but its just not enough. for some reason its alot smaller on the passanger side. ive checked every post on here includeing the archives on changeing engine mounts and it seems alot of people think the a-arm has to be lowered or removed to get at the two top bolts. but unfortunately i dont have a wrench that will fit the bolt near the steering "rods", and a socket wont clear it..... also alot of people said it can be done without removeing the a-arm, but by useing a 15inch u-joint socket (one peice, not two sepperate peices) because its slightly shorter. i think this would work for me because all i need is just a tiny bit more room. i want to avoid removeing the a-arm if possible because it looks like almost as much fun as changeing the engine mounts have been so far.... what is the quickest and 100% sure way i can get this passanger side engine mount replaced? is there some kind of special tools i can buy that will make this easyer? is there a Z shaped wrench somewhere i can buy that would get at those bolts easyer? if i have to take off the A-arm i will, but is that spring gona shoot off the second i remove the two bolts on the one side? i would imagine it needs to be supported with a jack, but what is gona happen once i start lowering it down? i need help badly guys, if i have to, ill stay up 24 hours to get this done, stores should be opening in about 3 - 4 hours anyway. i really dont want to take public transit to work today :hail:

 

ok, does anyone have any suggestions on how to safely lower the A-arm?

 

floor jack

 

yeah thats the idea.... but is the spring gona shoot out? do i have to remove the spring?

 

well... i finaly got both mounts on, i couldnt have done it without this 15mm socket/u-joint i bought, its not much shorter than useing a socket AND a u-joint but it was just short enough. well now i know its possible to do it without removeing the A-arm and im glad i didnt remove it because it would have really sucked. now i know, and knowings half the battle
i just finished doing some sweet burnouts down the road to test the new mounts, it was pretty fun