[QUOTE]Originally posted by mpnye
[B]Well . . .

"That spring as shown in the picture, still has enough pre-load to LAUNCH itself if the SHOCK comes apart, as the JACK will SLIDE along the control arm as the SPRING de-compresses. . ."

Unless the garage floor is slick with oil, or the control arm is not resting sqarely on the jack stand, this isn't going to happen. The whole weight of the car is pushing the jackstand into the ground, so nothing is going anywhere.

If you wanted to play it a little safer, just use the jack itself to push up on the control arm. The jack is probably more stable than a jack stand, and the ground surface- area over which it distributes its load is wider.

If you don't have enough experience to feel comfortable doing this kind of stuff, the just don't do it.

GregS
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