[BaadAssGremlins] Re: 77 hornet ball joints

["Dan M." <vegadan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Doc.  I can appreciate the saftey issue.  With the car on jack 
stands, and the front suspension hagning down, fully extended, the 
spring should remain in place, right?  And with the shock in place, if 
by some chance the spring does pop out, then the shock should keep it 
contained (?)  Is there a way to chain the spring to the chassis to 
keep it in place?  Or, can a length of chain be run across to the 
spring on the other side, so that one spring acts against the other?

Thanks,
Dan

--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, AMC74HORNET@xxxx wrote:
> A word of serious advice, AMC front end work is not for a novice 
first
> timer or amateur. If the spring should pop out it could blind or kill
> you. One of the AMC dealer mechanics that I worked with was blind in 
one
> eye from getting hit in the head with a spring that popped out. One
> other thing if you replace the bottom ones also replace the top ones
> unless you know they are almost new, why have to go back in  year or 
so
> and have to replace the top ones. I am a retired/disabled 
professional
> mechanic and always hated working on AMC & Ford front ends of the 
era.
> The Fords were almost the same design as the AMC's and share some of 
the
> same parts. I have 71 Ford Torino shocks in my yellow 74 Hornet. Good
> luck and remember safety first.  
> "Doc"




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