Spring Compressor Front Plus 2

[elanman999]

Mike,
As you suggest, at the top of the damper you need some hooks to pull the spring on the first coil.
Here's a pic of what I use. Hmmm, not quite as substantial as yours.
You do need to make sure the hooks cannot slip off the spring!!!!
Cheers
John

[cal44]

O.K...........finally got one done. Had to do more fabing up of some steel. Thank goodness for Oxy/Acetylene and a nice Victor welding set..........turn and burn..............
Now I never need to depend on someone else to mount new springs. Also safe as can be. Since I have the shock inside the spring I don't need to weld in safety cups for the spring to sit in on the 1/2" plate.

Thanks all for the tips and pictures.

John, I stole your idea and incorporated it into my compressor so there is no way the spring can come out and kill me

mike

[LaikaTheDog]

I took my front dampers to the workshop at work. Two guys struggled, customised, fabricated etc and managed to get one spring apart.... They returned a the pile of bits to me shaking their heads....

So I went home and did this

Compressing spring..

Compressed the springs with straps. Took out the old damper and put in new protech adjustable.

Job done. 30 minutes !

All done

[au-yt]

Snap-on internal compressor OK on standard springs, I use this in combination with the external threaded type.

Or External type provided there is space beside the spring