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Step away from the car. Now get two spring compressor
Posted by JohnB (more from JohnB) on Sun, 1 Jan 2006 18:30:50
In Reply to: Spring compression? Help me Save My SPG!, Trogdor, Sun, 1 Jan 2006 13:06:33
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although they usually come in pairs even when you borrow them from autozone.
Get the kind that bolt onto the spring with ubolts or have some kind of positive lock on them.
bolt them up to your spring 180 degrees apart and proceed to tighten the jack bolt/screw and compress the spring.
I don't really understand your problem at this point..is the spring all the way out or just partway?
If partway, be REALLY careful or you can lose a hand or finger when/if it pops out. If it's all the way out you'll have a hard time getting it back in..I learned the hard way when I took the first spring all the way out to replace the bump stops at the top of the springs (highly recommended on older cars btw....made a big difference when it bottoms out!). Anyway, to put a spring back in with two spring compressors I had to compress the spring not exactly straight with the compressors somwhat less than 180 apart from each other. It's tricky, because there isn't enough room to put the big compressors in there 180 apart. You'll have to experiment. One trick, make sure the head of the jack screws on the compressor face DOWN, not up. At least you'll be able to get to them with a ratchet or an air wrench.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Spring compression? Help me Save My SPG!, Trogdor, Sun, 1 Jan 2006 13:06:33
- Step away from the car. Now get two spring compressor, JohnB, Sun, 1 Jan 2006 18:30:50 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Spring compression? Help me Save My SPG!, SWEDECAR
, Sun, 1 Jan 2006 15:22:45 - Re: Spring compression? Help me Save My SPG!, CMyles
, Sun, 1 Jan 2006 14:08:42 - Re: Spring compression? Help me Save My SPG!, chrisx, Sun, 1 Jan 2006 13:51:13
- tool, Brown, Sun, 1 Jan 2006 13:48:58
- Re: tool, Tom G
, Sun, 1 Jan 2006 18:02:05
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