On Apr 16, 8:17 pm, "chicoik595 via CarKB.com" <u33377@uwe> wrote:
> The beam is off the front of the tube chassis. I wish it were as easy as you
> described but the problem i'm running into is the bump stop is holding the
> upper torsion arm right where it is, fully embedded into the beam tube. I
> need to find out how to either release the tension off the springs inside the
> tube, or get around that bump stop holding up against the torsion arm... so
> far no luck with hammering on it and trying to get it to budge... even if I
> get it off, getting it back on with the springs under tension will be near
> impossible...
>
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Not sure if your beam is different, but could you perhaps get a
scissor jack between the arms and pry the top arm up?
I'm not saying that's the way to do that but just guessing how I'd do
that. I don't remember a bump in mine that stopped it..