Re: Front Axle Beam restoration - How do I un-tension springs to pull torsion arms?

On Apr 16, 8:17 pm, "chicoik595 via CarKB.com" <u33377@uwe> wrote:
The beam is off the front of the tube chassis. I wish it were as easy as you
described but the problem i'm running into is the bump stop is holding the
upper torsion arm right where it is, fully embedded into the beam tube. I
need to find out how to either release the tension off the springs inside the
tube, or get around that bump stop holding up against the torsion arm... so
far no luck with hammering on it and trying to get it to budge... even if I
get it off, getting it back on with the springs under tension will be near
impossible...

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Not sure if your beam is different, but could you perhaps get a
scissor jack between the arms and pry the top arm up?
I'm not saying that's the way to do that but just guessing how I'd do
that. I don't remember a bump in mine that stopped it..

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