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Can someone tell me how to remove the leaf springs on a Mustang. It seems
that if I lower the rearend enough to get the springs loose, the rubber
brake line will come off. Do I have to disconnect the brake line just to
get at the leaf springs?

May God bless you all!

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Mail From: Walt Boeninger (email redacted)

[from (email redacted)-mu]
>Can someone tell me how to remove the leaf springs on a Mustang. It seems
>that if I lower the rearend enough to get the springs loose, the rubber
>brake line will come off. Do I have to disconnect the brake line just to
>get at the leaf springs?

Only if you want to do it safely...just disconnect it and plan and
bleeding the rears when your done. They're probably due anyway, right?


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Mail From: Bradburn, Michael (email redacted)

I've done this before, I think....It's been a while. Try this... Using a
floor jack, jack the rear end of the car up by the pumpkin on the rear end.
Place jack stands under the subframe in front of the rear tires. Lower the
jack until the car rests on the stands, but stop at this point. Remove the
rear shocks. Lower the pumpkin while watching the brake line. See if the
rear end will lower until the tension is off of the springs. You can tell
this by watching the jack. The rear end will stop and the jack will keep on
going. If you can not get the tension off before the brake line runs out of
slack, you have to remove the line. If you get the tension off before, then
you are in luck. Once the tension is off, place two more jack stands under
the axle shafts of the rear end and then remove the nuts for the u-bolts and
carefully remove the u-bolts and the plates. Once this is done you can jack
the rear end up a little bit more for more room Make sure you adjust the
jack stands accordingly. Now you should have the springs and the rear end
separated. You should now be able to remove the eye bolts and drop the
springs. The car and rear end will be there waiting on you when you are
ready with the new springs.

Hope this helps.

Michael C. Bradburn
Systems Engineer, Database Solutions Engineering
Compaq Computer Corporation
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(281) 518-9127


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From: (email redacted) [mailtoemail redacted)]
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 1998 2:01 AM
To: Bradburn, Michael
Subject: [CM:13573] Rear end


Can someone tell me how to remove the leaf springs on a Mustang. It seems
that if I lower the rearend enough to get the springs loose, the rubber
brake line will come off. Do I have to disconnect the brake line just to
get at the leaf springs?

May God bless you all!

---[Manny Amador]--------------------------[(email redacted)]---
NO.TO.METERING Website --- iconn.com.ph/magnet/
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Mail From: Rich Silva (email redacted)

At 01:00 PM 9/24/98 -0300, you wrote:
>
>[from (email redacted)-mu]
>>Can someone tell me how to remove the leaf springs on a Mustang. It seems
>>that if I lower the rearend enough to get the springs loose, the rubber
>>brake line will come off. Do I have to disconnect the brake line just to
>>get at the leaf springs?
>
>Only if you want to do it safely...just disconnect it and plan and
>bleeding the rears when your done. They're probably due anyway, right?
>

Actually, if you cant unload the leaf springs without binding the rubber
brake line (you're not confusing the brake line with the rear-end vent
tube?), then not only should you remove the line to fiddle with the
leaf springs, but you should take the opportunity to replace the rubber
line... You likely have the wrong one... (and consider what might happen
if you hit a large enough bump or ditch by accident that you completely
unload the rear end while driving... you'd tear off the brake line... Not
a pretty picture...)
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Voice - (310)414-3101 Fax - (310)615-4547

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