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Originally Posted by Carrameow
I considered that but 19mm- 5 mm= 14 mm;
there are 10 mm in one centimeter; so that gives me 1.4 cm
there are 2.54 centemeters in one inch; 1.4/2.54 = approximately 5/8 "
Also the new springs looked exactly the same height as the old springs, so I guess I will use the GRAVITY technique. I'm not repeating that job again! The second time, I couldnt get the spring seated correctly and I had to redo it 2 or three times to get it to sit in the spring cavity perfectly....There was no way I was using a pneumatic wrench out of respect for your tool so I had must have cranked that rachet some 1000 strokes...Finally on one side I got the spring out, but I couldnt get it out from underneath the car! It took me 1 hour to remove the rear brake hub...what a job!!
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The ratio of spring length to body height is approx 2:1. So, if the spring is 5/8" shorter, the body will drop by double (or more) of this amount.
The trick to all that work is to get the vehicle
as high as possible. Otherwise, you struggle with the shock, you struggle with the spring and it generally makes the job a PITA. I get the SDL up at the full height of the jack (19" on the diff).