72_240Z

hello everybody, i am in the process of rebuilding my fathers 72 240z and have a couple questions. I want to replace the suspension and i am wondering if getting new spring coils are necessary. i have no idea when they have been replace but it looks like after market cartridges have been installed. For the springs I'm just going to assume they are 40 years old and was wondering if i could get some opinion on the subject. for the haft shaft the rubber boot had some reasonably sized holes in it so i cut it off. i unclamped the snap ring and thought the shaft would just slide out of the sleeve but it does not. i have been staring at it for a while and don't know what to do. also i cant seem to remove the rear axel shaft from the strut assembly. i removed one of them using a 2 arm gear puller, on the second one however it just keeps popping off as i tighten it. i have been hammering on it using a 4x4 as a buffer but all i seem to be doing is splitting wood. i even took a touch to it to see if i can get it to expand a little bit but im not getting any where. if you have had any success with this i would be very interested in hearing what you did. any help would be greatly appreciated thanks

I'm rebuilding my dads 1972 240z and have hit a road black trying to disconnect the rear strut form the transverse link. I have consulted 2 manuals and it seems i cant remove the lock bolt from the underside of the strut. any thoughts on this would be helpful thanks - Alaskan Z Owner