Spring help

So I replaced my front springs today and following one of Bill's video's. Everything is going great till I have to remove the 2 strut bolts at the bottom. They remove so easily in the video....mine on the other hand took me 10 minutes of wacking hard on them with a 3lb hammer. I finally got them off but of course it ruined the nuts and the bolts. I assume I have to get these parts from Ford? Does anyone know the part numbers or even better have a link to one of those virtual parts guides with the 3D pictures that shows all the parts on our cars and the part numbers?

I hope the back set goes a bit easier.

Thanks

I found a set of 4 at LMR. I don't suppose we a forum discount code for LMR?

I think I heard an easier way is unload the front spindle by putting a jack under it and jack it up slightly.

jasonstang said:

I think I heard an easier way is unload the front spindle by putting a jack under it and jack it up slightly.

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I wish I had tried that...it could have saved me $25 and several days waiting on the parts. Jacking it up never crossed my mind unfortunately.

fast88fox said:

I wish I had tried that...it could have saved me $25 and several days waiting on the parts. Jacking it up never crossed my mind unfortunately.

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Yeah, working on mechanical stuff is like that sometimes.

If it makes you feel any better one time I spent the better part of a morning trying to unseat a lower control arm joint on a Mercedes ML500. Using finesse, intelligence, some floor jacks, pickle forks a hydraulic ram I made no progress at all.

Then a friend of mine dropped by for a beer, took a quick look at it, picked up a three lb hammer and whacked on the side of the bearing seat as hard as he could and it popped apart like toast from a toaster.