forget spring compressors

[91lizard]

easy way to get the stock coil springs off.......listen i\ll make this short and sweet.......
1. pop hood
2.loosen lug nuts
3. jack up car from front
4.take off tires
5.remove rubber center cap located at strut tower
6.remove nut ***
by this time most of the tensionh should be relieved from the spring next all you have to do is look on the "A" arm and you will see a whole stick in a stell bar and pry down this should allow the spring to fall out

***note be careful in these steps if you get hurt dont come cry9in to me this is the way i do it and the only way i will evere do it its fast and easy as hell

 

[bhop]

Or you could make things a lot easier and skip the risk of death from a flying spring, and use a spring compressor. If you don't have one, Autozone loans them out for free.

Honestly, a spring compressor isn't hard to use, I don't know why everyone wants to skip it.

 

[leet]

I would not advocate using this method.

 

[ArticNemesis]

Almost as bad as the story I heard of the fools who tried to use a garage door to compress a spring...

 

[jtmcinder]

I would not advocate using this method.

I disagree and think that those who want to use this method, should.

- Charles Darwin

 

[ozzeran]

Almost as bad as the story I heard of the fools who tried to use a garage door to compress a spring...

, what happened to em? Spring shot out and took there head off? What idiots.

 

[suicidal2af]

I can't even compress a spring from a pen by hand without shooting myself in the eye. I'll stick to a spring compressor, thanks.

 

[GSX_RCR]

Almost as bad as the story I heard of the fools who tried to use a garage door to compress a spring...

BUHAHAHAA!

 

[boostedinaz]

I disagree and think that those who want to use this method, should.

- Charles Darwin

:laugh:

Nice. Yes, if anyone thinks this is a good method feel free to participate in natural selection.

 

[headrec*]

Wow that's an awesome idea. Oh wait I remember when someone did that in my auto shop in high school. The spring exploded.

It really easy to use a spring compressor. I used one when I knew almost nothing about cars.

 

[Defiant]

Gosh, that was fun.

I'm doing a porting job with sand and pea gravel through a running engine. It'll do the intake and the exhaust at the same time.

 

[jtmcinder]

I realize that this is the suspension forum, but....

After you're done porting, shoot some pottery glaze in through the PCV port on the intake manifold (just like when you use MCCC). With the car running, of course. The heat of the engine will cause it to bake onto the exhaust innards, creating a ceramic coating.

- Jtoby

ps. we probably should stop this, but it's too much fun

 

[diambo4life]

As much as you may hate the method, it works and if a spring compressor ISN'T available, it's a nice and quick way to do it. Many people do use this method although I wouldn't recommend it to a first timer. No need to patronize him for that.

 

[jtmcinder]

I disagree (in case that wasn't already obvious). Risking major injury because you don't have a $20 tool that is available everywhere is not something that should be condoned in any shape or form.

- Jtoby

 

[bhop]

I disagree (in case that wasn't already obvious). Risking major injury because you don't have a $20 tool that is available everywhere is not something that should be condoned in any shape or form.

- Jtoby

I agree with your disagreement.

 

[NDgsx]

Remove the nut while the car is still on the ground, then jack it up. It works fine. If you hurt yourself due to being a complete and total retard don't come crying to me.

I would never remove the spring while the car was already jacked up, that's just asking for it.

 

[HighPsi92GST]

If you hurt yourself due to being a complete and total retard don't come crying to me.
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Not using a spring compressor is "being a complete and total retard"

 

[x camaro owner]

i understand your method and have done 100's of struts. if i was really desperate i probably would do it. (wouldn't scare me either to do it seems about as safe) but it only costs $5 to rent a spring compressor at the local parts store. someone who knows what they are doing would be able to do this safely and easily, but don't over estimate the people's ability on this site there is a lot of people that would mess up doing this no matter how easy it is.

i might try it just to see how well it works and if i would recommend it to anyone else, for some reason first timers have problems understanding how the clamp on spring compressors work. but the wall mount are the shizzzzz nnnniiiittt

 

[RamenPride]

Remove the nut while the car is still on the ground, then jack it up. It works fine.

yeah, I've seen it done this way before. you basically use the weight of the car to keep the spring compressed, and it, um, uncompresses when you jack it up without the risk of things flying everywhere.

 

[Defiant]

The points and counterpoints seem to have been sufficiently voiced. Yes they have, no they haven't, etc.

Closed.