Torsion bar removal

RedFish said

Even though off topic... AMEN ! If the coil springs are removed from a 'vette without first installing the hooks to hold the arc in the spring , one might never get the spring back in it socket properly. Those little hooks are worth their weight in gold.

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I used to be a "rack" mechanic at Sears when I was in college. It would take us "regular guys" about 45 minutes to change a front coil spring on a full size GM car with getting a hand from another guy. We had one guy in the shop, John Young, who was an awesome mechanic. He figured out how to do them by himself without any help and could change both front coil springs in 45 minutes.


After I would rebuild my suspensions on my Barracudas, I would have him align the front ends. I would have all new components with anti sieze grease so everything moved easy. He liked doing them and told me that my cars were so easy to align and he could use his hands to adjust instead of needing a wrench. He could get it all adjusted in 20 minutes. He was good at adjusting the cam bolts for the upper control arms and did great alignments. They didn't pay him what he was worth, so he eventually left. Boy, would I like to find him to do my alignments again...