That only proves that both the shocks and the swaybar must be disconnected to remove the springs. It doesn't tell anything about which is the limiter.
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I unbolted the shock and we stood on the brake drum.
The spring would not fall out and the shock did not fall out of it's bracket.
Put jack under axle and undid anti-sway bar link. Axle came down with jack and the shock came out of it's bracket, then the spring fell out.
DC might be some things Bill, but it's engineers aren't stupid. They know 'short shocking' something will lead to damage, especially something that uses it's given articulation.
Mike
"L.W.(ßill) Hughes III" wrote:
I will try again...
I unbolted the shock and we stood on the brake drum.
The spring would not fall out and the shock did not fall out of it's bracket.
Put jack under axle and undid anti-sway bar link. Axle came down with jack and the shock came out of it's bracket, then the spring fell out.
Mike
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You know Dell, I am thinking on it and they were likely really close to each other for setting the limit...
We could move the drum some with the bar on and the loose shock didn't fall out so it wasn't bottomed, but....
We weren't twisting the axle up, it was at full droop on both sides. I bet the geometry totally changes if one wheel is stuffed up in the fender.
I wouldn't rely on what we did as the only way it could work or seem to work when designing your system.
In a double full droop like both wheels hitting a ditch or catching air, I don't think the shocks could bottom out, one down and one up, well.... I don't know.
I busted a shock pin stuffing and dropping an axle on my CJ7, but in a ditch or free hang, the springs are my limit.
Mike
Del Rawl>
I think you are right, and maybe close enough that it really doesn't matter much. FWIW I believe you could have unhooked the swaybar first and then still would have had to undo the shocks to install the spacers.
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Oops, spell checker got your name wrong, sorry.
Mike
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