Okay, here's a link to all of the photographs I took:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set= ... 906&type=1
I'll keep the info short and sweet because I'm sure most of the users on here are way ahead of me when it comes to taking their Zook to pieces.
First thing I did was replace the t-box mount that had broken. Simple job. Unbolt the bush from both parts of the mounting, unbolt the mounting on the T-box, fetch out the two halves of the knackered bush and jiffle the new one in, bolt it back up and done. Managed to mangle my left thumb when a bolt came loose suddenly and got blood all over Dad's spanners. I did the job at Dad's because he has three good 2 ton jacks whereas I've got one cheap 2 ton and three Land Rover bottle jacks. A bit of paper roll and some tightly wrapped electrical tape stopped the bleeding.
I put some gloves of after that.
Springs were a simple game really:
Lift it up using a jack either side to lift both front or both rear wheels off the ground, wheels off for more space and less weight
Then undo the U-bolts, undo the two nuts on the shackle and the big spring bolt, drop it out, get the new one underneath, grease threads and bushes etc., bolt the new spring on the chassis, then do the same on the other side, U-bolts, spring off, new spring on
Then I got the axle seats to sit on the bolt heads on the springs (the new springs were such a different shape I couldn't do one spring at a time because the axle wouldn't move onto the aligning bolt in the spring), use the third jack to compress the spring on one side and get the spring plate, which I left attached to the shock, into the right place (aligns on the other end of the same bolt as the axle), U-bolts on loosely, then drop jack 3 and do the other side, after that I tightened the U-bolts all the way up, wheels on and that's one axle done.
I mentioned it in a previous post but just so folks don't miss it: The front end is sitting
2 and a half inches higher and the rear end is
1 and a half inches higher than it was with the old springs. I measured the change by measuring the distance from the centre of the wheel to the wheel-arch above it. (@Scottie: I didn't do it between the chassis and ground because the chassis is curved above the axles and there's lots of crap to get in the way) The springs will probably settle a bit now they've got weight on them and drop down after a while.
One thing I did come across with the rear springs I think might be worth pointing out; the but and bolt in the middle of the rear springs was upside down when the springs arrived. If I hadn't taken the bolts out and put them back in the other way up they would have stopped me from bolting the axle down to the spring properly. Just something to keep an eye out for with Lesgofor springs possibly.
So long as nothing else breaks, I'm all set for Kirton!