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May 18, 2011 | 09:21 AM

Treker58

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Coil springs

Got new coil boots to put on the X, they come with new springs. Has anyone changed the springs? I tryed twisting the spring to see if it threads out but doesn't seem to move, Haynes manual is about useless except for the basics. don't want to just jerk it out and find out I mess something up been there done that. Got my-

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just in case

May 18, 2011 | 11:37 AM

Treker58

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Never mind it's just jerk and replace

May 18, 2011 | 01:08 PM

jasonodsky

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Glad you got it!

May 18, 2011 | 01:31 PM

Treker58

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[quote=jasonodsky;10357454]Glad you got it![/quo

Glad I had my SOB tool just in case, just pulling the spring out seemed logical, but we now how often logic works. Was surprised the parts store didn't know when I picked them up this morning

May 18, 2011 | 01:39 PM

Eric H

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When I replaced mine I just twisted and pulled the spring off.

I put a new spring in a new boot, greased both ends and put the boot on the COP. Now I'm thinking about it again... is the spring supposed to attach to the COP? Or does it just compress between the spark plug and the COP, thus making contact? That's what I did, and I haven't had any problems yet...

May 18, 2011 | 02:01 PM

jh818

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Oh, now I get it. When I first read the OP thread, I thought he meant the front coil springs on the 2WD suspension. I thought to myself that they don't come with boots...

May 18, 2011 | 03:11 PM

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I pulled the spring out of the coil, then pushed the new spring in place and made sure it was seated then put the boot on the coil. There may have been enough compression on the spring when you installed the coil that it set the spring into the coil, if it wasn't I'm pretty sure you would have had problems right away