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Sounds like we're good to go! :-)
Got a reprieve. I'm up for a caravan. What time and where? Breakfast part of the deal? I need more than donuts . . . If you're gonna run cool, you got to have heavy fuel.Quote:
Originally Posted by sammm
anybody wanna bring the brake bleeder contraption. I got 21K and it's never been done :colors:
Should I bring my extra pair of spring compressors?
brake bleeder? :idea:
:scratch: What do you need a bench vise for? All I use to do the miata shocks is 14mm/17mm wrench/sockets and a jack/stands. and if you have a large moving blanket you don't even have to use a spring compressor to get the shock hats off.Quote:
Originally Posted by sammm
You do it your way and I'll do it mine. :|Quote:
Originally Posted by icepenguin66
^:-D
I was thinking about swinging by & offering my assistance, but it looks like ill be driving my dad down to College Station early tomorrow morning to pick up a van. Thatll probably take all day.
Good luck with the install, dont shoot anything through the wall...
I agree... I don't care to have pieces of TtT's shock assembly imbeded in my garage cieling.Quote:
Originally Posted by sammm
or someones skull! :shaking:Quote:
Originally Posted by Treibenschnell
yo 3bean....pm me the address of su casa :afro:
I was wondering when you'd ask!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim the Teacher
Well TtT, how's the ride? And hurry it up with the pics!
By the way TC, now I've got your spring compressors again...
:-| That's cool, but don't think that my way is not good or not safe. If you are competent it is actually safer than using the spring compressor IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by sammm
Still, what's the bench vise needed for? He didn't get Konis and have to drill the shock hat holes did he?
Yah, I'd like to see if it is as low as mine is. Mine rides okay but damn is it low, can't even get the regular floor jack under it! You'll love the handling, just watch out for speed bumps!Quote:
Originally Posted by Treibenschnell
I'd love to hear exactly how wrapping a moving blanket around a compressed spring is safer than using a tool specifically designed for the job. :?Quote:
Originally Posted by icepenguin66
For holding the shock/spring assembly in place while tightening and loosening the spring compressors. Don't worry - no vise needed for the "bomb in a blanket" method either. :mrgreen:Quote:
Originally Posted by icepenguin66
Pics are up here
Pics of the install
Thanks for all the help. It rides great!!!
Looks great! I told you we're professionals. :jocolor: IMHO I'd lose the bra before you mess up your paint.
Nice pics!!!
Nice pics!
Is that glare from the head or from the paint on the car?
http://teachandtech.smugmug.com/photos/28596411-M.jpg
Well then, lesson on how to install shocks are open for registration starting Monday.Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
All that wrenching leaves room for a slip and a busted knuckle or whatever. If you know how to do it, blanket method takes half the wrenching. for instance, no little blankets...I'm using a very large and think U Haul blanket. A lot of things can be done better, faster, or more efficient but are not always done in those ways since many people are not competent enough to safely carry out the task. Guess I should be careful dispensing information these days. I'll have my attorney friend whip up a disclaimer just in case; don't want one of those "McDonald's" lawsuits.
Okay, that makes sense for tightening them, obviously wouldn't work with the shortcut removal method. That would be better than holding the shocks on the ground to tighten the spring compressor....need to get a bench vise for the new place.Quote:
Originally Posted by altain
Wait a minute....didn't you guys install FM springs? I didn't need a spring compressor to install them. I used it to take the stock ones off. At least the set FM sent me were short enough to not need it to put them on.
*nevermind, forgot you had an NB
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Originally Posted by icepenguin66
Just out of sheer curiosity... I'd like to know how the "blanket method" works.
yah, i'd like to see that bomb in a blanket, lol... actually i replaced both
lower control arms in my car and didn't use anything to compress the shocks.
They just stayed in place, but taking them of would set the timer, lol...
Hey i luv the pictures, the one titled "frisco junk yard" so who drives that one with the black wheels, that car looks killer. how many miata's were there? i like the dual diagnal roll bars... pretty kool pics.
I know to one that has never done it, it sounds a bit crazy. I thought so too at first. Unlike most peole I know, I actually follow most saftey procedures and actually wear eye protection, etc. so this is a little out of the norm for me working on cars.Quote:
Originally Posted by Treibenschnell
If you have a large, thick and strong blanket such as the U Haul moving blanket I have, you can wrap the shock up like a burrito and jam the socket on a huge extention in there and loosen the nut the last few turns and if you hold your foot on the shock hat while doing this, it will only move a couple inches in the blanket. Again, if you are going to try it this way and save a lot of time/hassle from using the compressor, make sure you have a large strong blanket and fold the ends in when you wrap it up just to be on the safe side. There yah go, redneck shortcut for the day! :geek:
P.S. I do have a nice spring compressor and do use it often. Just that I can save about an hour of wrenching by doing the shortcut above.
And if you are doing shock removal with FM springs on an M1 at least, you don't need a spring compressor to remove or install them cause the little bastards are sooo short!
Between trying 6 different combinations between my 90 street/track car and the 92 project track car, I've gotten the shock install down to an art form...I've done all 4 shocks on the 90 in about an hour with no help, which is pretty damn fast IMO. :cyclopsa:
Oh yeah, Beautiful car Tim. Love those exhaust tips and wheels look great!
Anyone know if the M2 FM springs settle down after a while? His car looks like it has so much ground clearance compared to my M1 with FM springs and AGX shocks. Looks great Tim, just that mine is sooo low.
Oh, they settle alright... nice and low.Quote:
Originally Posted by icepenguin66
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Originally Posted by channelmaniac
If you'd been there, you wouldn't have to ask :geek:
Hey Ice,
I will take another pic tonight and post it as the car has settled more. :cheers: It's hard to see the top of the tires in the set because of so little contrast in the shadows. The last picture in that set next to the train was the "before" picture. I deleted it so no one would think that was the final result. :D
Cool, hope the M2 FM springs work out good. Yah, that train pic looked a bit high! I just replaced my worn out AGX shocks (don't ask) and am still not pleased. My 90 is too low and very bumpy. The rear subframe brace didn't do too much, so must be the springs. Every little bump makes the car jiggle no matter what setting I put the shocks on. I guess I just have bad luck with my 90. Probably gonna put the stock springs back on soon.
Peterson alignment accomplished today..............can you say "ROAD TRIP!!!"
The car handles extremely well now and should make it through the twisties at Deals Gap next week :burnrubr:
Wanna try them out at MSR this Saturday?
I don't think he's back from Deal's Gap just yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Screamin'Screw