Front (continued) 

The most important pic here is the last (IMHO), as it shows a seatbelt acting as a safety strap to prevent the spring from uncontrollably expanding and ripping my head off. Actually, I left the shock in place while I removed the spindle. That way the shock kept the spring in place. When the spindle assembly is removed, the spring will expand but won't come out. After attaching the seatbelt safety strap, I pried the spring out.....slight "twang".....didn't get hurt, but pretty scary. Getting the new one in is a different story! It looks pretty naked when all the suspension is removed.

Note where the end of the hard brakeline is. As mentioned in brakes, this line needs to be replaced with either a newly formed and longer line, or a line from a '67/'68 (perhaps others as well) Mustang that came with disk front brakes. To see the proper location of this fitting, see the brake section. The hard part is getting the two upper control arm bolts back into their holes. (The two big, shiny holes in the upper pic on the right.) I installed the lower control arm, spindle, spring and safety strap before trying to jack the lower control arm back into place. You really should use a good quality spring compressor for this.

To see the beginning, go to the previous page.