On my early Daks, I remove the shock and then rent/borrow an internal
spring compressor from Auto-Zone to totally relieve the tension on the
lower a-arm before any pickle-fork action takes place on the ball joint.
I don't need an extra-enthusiastic spring of that size suddenly sensing
that freedom can be found in my general direction.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net [mailto:owner-dakota-
>truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of JameyWelch@freightliner.com
>Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 3:23 PM
>To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>Subject: RE: DML: Ball joint replacement, anyone do it themselves?
>
>
>If I change them myself on a '99 2WD, how do I keep the spring from
>popping up. I don't want to get hurt doing this, but I need to get it
>done.
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