Here I am! I finally managed to do a great suspensions overhaul to my car VIN 3305! It was a hard work, but satisfactory in the end! It still needs adjustments, but now the car feels surely better!
It took three days to fully disassemble the old suspension system. We were not in a hurry, so probably you can do it in two days. Luckily wi did not find major troubles and everything went well at the first shot.
Removing springs was the most difficult part of it, and the longest one. We used a spring compressor, and it had to be put in the right place otherwise it would have hit the underbody or other parts of the car. Anyway we quickly learned by trials and errors where to chocke the spring.
Another hard task was removing one trailing arm bolt. The first one went out easy, but the second one was a pain! We spent 1 hour just to try to lube it, then we used a hammer, and it was like frozen! In the end I came up with the idea of sawing it with an hacksaw, and there I was 20 minutes up and down with the saw cutting the TAB. What a nightmare! The two bolts were slightly bent.
We even took the chance to remove the steering rack and to take a look at it. The tie rod ends were replaced about 1 and a half year ago, so no problems there.
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Originally Posted by Domi
