Nfg. It wont work like that.

The stands are on the subframe, which need to drop with dif in order to get the springs out.

The stands need to go on the under body of the car chassis. Look by the exhaust hanger, there is a metal bracket looking thing on the floor pan right next to both exhaust hangers on the v engine cars. Put the stands there. You may need to place the jack on the outboard most part of the triangular plate centre bolt for the rear donut bushes, in order to get the jack outboard enough, or it's in the way of the stand in that location.

Make sure the stand is on the bracket section, not the floor pan itself, or it will bend the floor. Although if you look closely, as if it was s v engine car with two exhausts, there is nowhere else to put the stand.

Hth

Which side are you doing first ?

If o/s nothing left if you have undone the 4 diff mountings /bottom rear shock bolt completly removed/abs sensors unplugged and rear drop link .

Try just gently jacking the diff up and then releasing to get it moving,but in truth it should all be free and its own weight makes it drop...naturally supported by the jack !!

You have undone the correct 4 diff mounting bolts  have you ?

tunnie wrote on 25. Aug 2011 at 15:03:

Stop,

See above post. You need to reposition the jack and get the stands off the subframe.

But when the time comes, put the jack Handel In between the hub and shock, and lever the shock off with that, they are stiff, like a press fit.

tunnie wrote on 25. Aug 2011 at 16:19:


Easier with spring compressors  (whether you like em or not  )

That's if T has any at all. But this way he doesn't have to buy or borrow any. Spring compressors take forever to wind up.

don't know about saloons but my shocks were stuck fast on the bottom mount i ended up putting a ball joint remover fork in the hole and whacking it with a mighty big hammer and that did the job, p.s why do you need an extra pair of hands for the shocks??