Am in the process of replacing my front air spring. Got everything apart, but can I get the lower retaining pin out? - can I b*llocks!
I have removed the bolt, and pulled and pulled and twisted and bent and done everything I can think of, but the bloody thing refuses to move at all. Am I doing something incredibly stupid? am I missing something? All the instructions I read just say pull it out (By the looks of it, it can only be pulled one way - towards the center of the axel i.e. towards the bump stop) I've put so much pressure into trying to pull the thing out that I've opened up the curled up end which the bolt sits in.
What is weird is that the lower aluminium part of the spring seems to be loose (but for the fact that I can't get it out because of the bloody retaining pin!) so it isn't like there should be any pressure on the pin holding it in.
Once I get this damn pin out, it is a 15 minute job as everything else is sorted, but so far I've been messing around trying to get it out for
3 hours! Tried it with the car on the bump stops, jacked up as far as I can, no difference! Drove it around with the bolt off so it might free up, but still stuck in there!At the moment I've got the axel on an axel stand and I've stuck a brick below the bump stop to hold the chassis up higher (seemed an easy way to do it!) there is nothing wrong with that setup is there?
Need some help please if possible as I am now completely stuck with no ideas left!
Cheers,
Matt