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Compressing/uncompressing front coil springs off car

13K views 26 replies 8 participants last post by  Genty  
my lowered springs fall out when yu jack the car up... no need for compressors ;)

runs and hides for making sarcastic, unhelpful comments :cool:

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RickyS said:
Update.


Need to rethink this one. Any ideas? How do you safely compress the spring?


i just did it very carefully, 90 or 180degree turns of the spanner at a time

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a mix of between my knee's (like i said, CAREFULLY ;) :eek: ) and with the spring lying along a drainage channel on the drive with my foot on the spring


maybe if you wanted to do a reverse of your uncompressing with teh 2x4 method, drill out the holes in the 2x4 (or make new ones next to the existing holes) and sleeve the holes with some 1/2" copper plumbing pipe... this would stop the threads from binding in the wood


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