The 95 Villager has front struts and even with the proper tools it is a dangerous procedure which requires that the coil be caged in a tool capable of releasing the spring in a controlled manner and in a similar manner compressing the new spring until it can be installed in the strut. This is not a procedure for anyone not fully trained in the process and well aware of the risks and dangers involved.
Not a DIY project. Period.In general how hard is to change a front coil spring can you give me a general overview on how to change one?
its better to get a service manual for a villager from a parts dealer as different makes and models have different procedures
If you have to ask a question like that, you shouldn't even think about doing it yourself. Do you have a spring compressor? Probably not. You are going to hurt yourself if you try to take the strut apart from the coil spring. Take it to a shop.
- Automotive apprentice
Here's something to think about before you start - changing a front spring is a potentially FATAL thing to do if you're not completely careful. Even a slightly compressed spring houses a significant amount of energy, and if it is accidentally released, it has the potential to put a hole through a cinder block wall - imagine that heading at your body.
That being said, the procedure is not that difficult with the right tools - including a good spring compressor (some auto parts stores will rent these tools out, or loan them for free).
You basically jack up the vehicle, place a second jack under the lower frame, put in the spring compressor, and remove the spindle. I just realized - you are working on a fwd vehicle, correct? You have to deal with that, and you should find out the specifics on that by purchasing a proper repair manual. Once you can free the spindle from the frames, you lower the jack and pull the spring with the compressor attached. The reverse is fairly easy.
Remember, if your vehicle has a strut with the spring on it, you have to pull that whole thing with the strut attached, and that is a job I wouldn't recommend to any driveway warrior!
i myself dont think they are hard to change.You will need a spring compresser.For someone who has never changed them before it may take some time.If you have some of the basic tools and some common sense you can do it.Im sure once you had the struts removed a garage would remove and install the spring onto the struts.
if your going to change the springs then you might as well change the struts too. to change the springs you will need a set of J-HOOKS to compress the springs. there is a big nut on top, take it off but watch yourself taking it off because there is pressure on the spring. after you get the spring off, take the J-HOOKS and compress the new springs, put them down over the struts and put the plate on top with the nut. tighten the nut as tight as you can get it and then take off the compressor. i just got through changing the back springs on the back of my oldsmobile. even though they are separate from the struts they were a bear changing. i did,nt have J-HOOKS but i wish i did at the time.
very hard you have a macphersion style front suspension ill bet. simply put you pull that assembly off and take it in to have the spring removed from the strut and then reinstall a good one and reinstall that assembly.
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