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I need to refresh the front end on my MG, as the kingpins have excessive wear. I'm at the point where I'm going to compress the front springs with a hydraulic floor jack. There seem to be two ways to do this:
1. Haynes recommends putting a block of wood on the jack and pumping the spring up a bit, then unbolting the spring pan from the a-arms. You then lower the jack slowly and the pan and spring come down.
2. Art Pfenninger describes a different method over at MGExperience.net. He says to jack the spring pan up and disconnect the swivel axle from the shock absorber by tapping out the fulcrum pin. The a-arm and pan assembly would then be free to swing down, in an arc. (Couldn't this slip on the jack?)
Which is better? I would like to avoid killing myself during this job.
Thanks.
1. Haynes recommends putting a block of wood on the jack and pumping the spring up a bit, then unbolting the spring pan from the a-arms. You then lower the jack slowly and the pan and spring come down.
2. Art Pfenninger describes a different method over at MGExperience.net. He says to jack the spring pan up and disconnect the swivel axle from the shock absorber by tapping out the fulcrum pin. The a-arm and pan assembly would then be free to swing down, in an arc. (Couldn't this slip on the jack?)
Which is better? I would like to avoid killing myself during this job.
Thanks.