I was trying to replace my front coil springs a weekend or two back, but was thwarted. I took out the shock, disconnected a few things such as the sway bar. Undid the nut for the lower control arm, but the arm wouldn't come down. I gave it some light taps with a hammer, but nothin'. I have 3 greenbooks, but the only one I could find was for '74. It didn't shed much light on the subject. Do I need some kind of spreader? Could someone share a step by step that worked for them?

The tool question: I can't for the life of me remember what this is called, so I'll describe what I'm trying to do. I have a 145. It's always had just the one locking hatch strut thingy. I parted out a 145 last month that had two hydraulic struts, and am trying to get those on. The problem is that one of the nubs on the body that the strut goes on to has snapped off. It's fairly corroded, and it looks like someone went to town on it, trying to get it off, so I can't get a wrench on it.

First I dremeled a slot in it, to get a flathead screwdriver in there, but I ended up twisting the metal. So now I drilled a hole down the middle, intending to get some kind of reverse threaded drillbit in there to back it out... But I don't know what that bit is called. Also, if anyone has any other suggestions to get it out, that would be appreciated.

Thanks!

-Ben