[DML] Re: Front end coil spring trouble

["Montgomery, Ken" <kenm@xxxx>]

This is really not the kind of job you should do at home, or alone. If
you want to see a detailed breakdown on how to remove and repair every
part of the front suspension, take a look at the back issues of the
DeLorean Club of Oregon newsletter (in Acrobat format) at
http://www.dmcnews.com/faq/deco.htm. The series of articles starts with
issue 13. I ended up having to do something quite different to remove
the springs. At the Midas shop I conned into doing this, we used a
spring compressor tool that fit inside the spring. The bottom of the
tool was hooked to the lower arm and the spring was compressed onto the
lower arm. Then we removed the lower arm from the car, released the
spring, put the new spring on the arm and reversed the procedure. We
could find no way to compress the springs from the outside. The
compressor tools the shop had would not fit into such a small space with
so many obstructions.

After you change the springs, get the car aligned. There is no camber
adjustments but the caster will change with the new lowered
position of the car. This is all a lot of work and the springs are not
cheap but the results are well worth it.The car 'looks' right,
visibility
improves and so does the overall handling.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonthan Lazar [mailto:jlazar6447@xxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 2:31 PM
> To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [DML] Front end coil spring trouble
> 
> 
> Does anyone know how to reinstall the front coil spring on 
> the DeLorean? I
> had to remove the spring because I am in the process of performing a
> complete restoration of the car. My problem is that I can 
> not compress the
> spring enough to get it to fit in between the shock tower and 
> the lower
> control arm.
> 
> Another question: Does anyone know where I can get a 
> DeLorean sports bra
> for the front end? I mean the one that actually has DMC 
> embroidered in the
> middle of the bra?
> 
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jonathan Lazar

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