Well I gave up on the "pushing" the axle back into place part. I'll save that for later....
I jumped over to the part of getting the strut ready to go back in.
I was wondering, Do I have the Ford contour Explorer Edition?
That is an easy 3 inch if not 4 inch difference. And those springs were a son of [censored] to get off. I was wondering if those are the right ones for a Contour??? They had a green tag on them and I didn't see a ford logo stamp anywhere. But the Front suspension was alright and not shot like the rear. So maybe my rear springs were just that bad.
Edit: Height Difference is 4 inches, I measured. The if the spring is 18 inches
The label has "ARA" in large bold font. Then It has some kind of product codes "97BG" and "5310-FB". No clue. But I think the stenght of that springs gives the reason that I couldn't get the LCA out and why the Innver CV joint kicked out from the strut. That thing was under tons of pressure.
