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I know its a limited audience, but I posted this up on Streetunit as a guide. For the few MS6's still roaming this site, In case you feel the need to do some rear suspension work, it is NOT as hard as people make it out to be.
Ok Everyone, here is the story. Last week I heard some clunking from the rear end when I would come to a stop right before I took the clutch out. I thought the rear diff mount was cracked, I had launched it hard a few times on my WOT Box, I figured it was time. No problem, I have had the Stiff Diff sitting on the shelf since october when my buddy thought he broke his but just lost the bolts out of the stock front diff mount. So I bought it off of him.
Now here is what I did. I know most of you do it in the car, but I wanted to do a rear sway bar and H&R springs while I was at it. I crawled underneath and noticed there wasnt much holding in the rear subframe assembly, and said screw it, lets take it out!
2 Hours, I REPEAT, 2 hours in the driveway BY MYSELF with hand tools and it was on the ground. I took 10 minutes rolling around to see what needed to be done, made a plan, and started the clock.
Away we go!!!! The fine print- First up, be safe, I am not responsible for your actions. You get killed doing this, its your fault and yours alone. The following is a recollection of my experience, yours may be different.
PRELIMINARY STUFF
Jack up the car all the way around, and use jackstands on firm ground so the car will not move once in the air. Remove the 5 plastic clips that hold in the inside front trunk wall. Pull the center of the clip out a bit then remove the entire clip. Once the forward trunk wall is out, locate the seat releases, you will see the bracket and a metal pin sticking down. slide the pin over and the rear seats will pop released. Yeah, thats how you do it on our cars.
Next, go inside and remove the side seat cushions. Remove the bolt at the bottom (14mm socket) and DO NOT PRY on it. You need to look behind the cushion at the top and see a black triangle. Push it aside and the side cushion is released. Now look down below where the bolt was, right next to the plastic trim you will see a small white plug, this is the ABS wheel speed sensor harness. Unplug it and feed it outside the car.
Remove the wheels. Locate where the sensor is bolted to a bracket just forward of the suspension. Remove the bolt (10mm socket) and coil up the harness, Zip tie it if you want and leave it close to the wheel assembly.
Ok Everyone, here is the story. Last week I heard some clunking from the rear end when I would come to a stop right before I took the clutch out. I thought the rear diff mount was cracked, I had launched it hard a few times on my WOT Box, I figured it was time. No problem, I have had the Stiff Diff sitting on the shelf since october when my buddy thought he broke his but just lost the bolts out of the stock front diff mount. So I bought it off of him.
Now here is what I did. I know most of you do it in the car, but I wanted to do a rear sway bar and H&R springs while I was at it. I crawled underneath and noticed there wasnt much holding in the rear subframe assembly, and said screw it, lets take it out!
2 Hours, I REPEAT, 2 hours in the driveway BY MYSELF with hand tools and it was on the ground. I took 10 minutes rolling around to see what needed to be done, made a plan, and started the clock.
Away we go!!!! The fine print- First up, be safe, I am not responsible for your actions. You get killed doing this, its your fault and yours alone. The following is a recollection of my experience, yours may be different.
PRELIMINARY STUFF
Jack up the car all the way around, and use jackstands on firm ground so the car will not move once in the air. Remove the 5 plastic clips that hold in the inside front trunk wall. Pull the center of the clip out a bit then remove the entire clip. Once the forward trunk wall is out, locate the seat releases, you will see the bracket and a metal pin sticking down. slide the pin over and the rear seats will pop released. Yeah, thats how you do it on our cars.
Next, go inside and remove the side seat cushions. Remove the bolt at the bottom (14mm socket) and DO NOT PRY on it. You need to look behind the cushion at the top and see a black triangle. Push it aside and the side cushion is released. Now look down below where the bolt was, right next to the plastic trim you will see a small white plug, this is the ABS wheel speed sensor harness. Unplug it and feed it outside the car.
Remove the wheels. Locate where the sensor is bolted to a bracket just forward of the suspension. Remove the bolt (10mm socket) and coil up the harness, Zip tie it if you want and leave it close to the wheel assembly.
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