New project car!

i got ONE of the Coil springs on today. i must say that this was the most frustrating job ive done to date! this coil spring compressor was such a peice of junk, i almost lost it tryin to get it on anyway here be some pics!

 

I was wondering what those were, I figured some kind of import car, wasn't too sure of that though.

Looks good!!! A good starting point makes a big difference, if a guy or girl has a long way to go, he or she may get tired before getting there. Just being P.C.

Did you buy them as a two car deal??

 

Just a safety tip, when using that kind of compressor, you want to keep the hooks of equal length on opposite sides of the spring from each other. It'll keep the spring from bending like it appears to be in your pic, and it won't be as likely to let go unexpectedly. Also I find it works much easier if the head of the bolt is at the bottom end of the spring (you just have to use an open-end wrench when the spring is actually installed in the shock tower), and the washers supplied with the compressor should be greased as well. Hope this helps!

 

I posted this once before but here it is again

A word about internal spring compressors. For our application The one like KD makes need to be reversed to work properly. The screw end needs to go on top and the free spinning end needs to be on the bottom. Once you reverse them you need to put another nut on the bottom and either weld or pin it so it cant back out. Next you can shave about 1/8" off and round the outer edges on the upper hooks . It will drop in and come out much easier if you do this. Lastly, before you drop it in or are trying to remove it, slide the lower hooks up until the hooks are past the lower nut and compress them against the screw and hold them in place with a zip tie. THese thing will make use of these compressors much easier. Oh, one more thing, dont use impact wrenches. The extreme pressure and hammering effect will rip the threads out at the worst time. Voice of experenced here.

 

yea thanks for the advice it helped alot gettin the other one on there. no not a two car deal, ive had the 72 for about two years. Bu tyea i got the other side done today so im glad to have that out of the way

 

Great pics Eric! And yes I agree that the improvements Dennis suggested are worthwhile doing.

 

I love you for this thank you so much!!!