bigwhitey
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Are there any safer brands out there. None of these seem to be high quality or extremely safe. What kind are you guys using?
Geepfreak said:I use the Mc Phearson Strut type, although scary everytime, they do work..
Pogiboy said:Coil spring compressors really arent that great. In my opinion go to autozone and rent a STRUT spring compressor. Much safer and much easier to use considering they sit on the outside of the spring and not the inside.
xjj33p3r said:I know this probably isn't the BEST idea for compressing springs, but when I needed more play in the axle *being able to move up and down under my own strength* I used some ratches straps to compress my springs. I used two on opposite sides of eachother, and it was 10x faster than using a compressor. Again, I don't recommendit, but if you're in a bind, it's definately an option.
old_man said:I take a different tact on springs. I drop the shocks and swaybar. I take an XJ jack and set it upside down between the axle and the "frame" I can jack the axle down far enough to slipout the old spring and slip the new one in. Last time I swapped springs it was a 30 minute job.
Oh, it helps if you have long brake lines :laugh3:
The handiest tool for suspension work is a 4 ton portapower cheap HF unit on sale for $59. It sure beats everything else for aligning things back up when swapping suspension parts. No more comealongs warpped around everything in site trying to pull things to the point where you can start a bolt throught the hole.
Thats mainly what I do. I don't mess with those compressers at all. Just don't like them. I have seen a few shoot loose.old_man said:I take a different tact on springs. I drop the shocks and swaybar. I take an XJ jack and set it upside down between the axle and the "frame" I can jack the axle down far enough to slipout the old spring and slip the new one in. Last time I swapped springs it was a 30 minute job.
Oh, it helps if you have long brake lines :laugh3:
The handiest tool for suspension work is a 4 ton portapower cheap HF unit on sale for $59. It sure beats everything else for aligning things back up when swapping suspension parts. No more comealongs warpped around everything in site trying to pull things to the point where you can start a bolt throught the hole.
even better is a 300# friend and tell him to push it that way, has worked everytimeold_man said:I take a different tact on springs. I drop the shocks and swaybar. I take an XJ jack and set it upside down between the axle and the "frame" I can jack the axle down far enough to slipout the old spring and slip the new one in. Last time I swapped springs it was a 30 minute job.
Oh, it helps if you have long brake lines :laugh3:
The handiest tool for suspension work is a 4 ton portapower cheap HF unit on sale for $59. It sure beats everything else for aligning things back up when swapping suspension parts. No more comealongs warpped around everything in site trying to pull things to the point where you can start a bolt throught the hole.
now that is scarydothedew24_7 said:Geeze, you all are going about this all wrong...