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Originally Posted by Rick4076
I am replacing the front coil springs on my 70 C10. I understand about loosening the castle nut and smacking the ball joint with a hammer to loosen it but do I need to remove the shock, sway bar and the disc brake caliper and rotor?
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I just did a front spring drop on my 69 (drum brakes). I placed a floor jack under the drum to keep the whole assembly supported, i removed the shock and tie rod. Once those were out of the way, i used the floor jack to put upward force on the lower ball joint, then i start to smack it with a dead blow (metal one, not a plastic dead blow)once it popped free, i moved the floor jack to under the spring before i pulled the lower ball joint all the way off, that way you can control how fast the LCA falls once you remove the lower ball joint. HTH