Bruce:
I have had limited success with the Bentley non-spring
compressor method on the front. HOWEVER, it only works with the
engine/body on the car (you need the weight to compress the springs) and
I found it difficult to reinstall the springs, and ended up using a
spring compressor anyway. Removing the rear springs without a compressor
is a piece of cake.
I built a front spring compressor for $9. I got 2 feet of 1/2"
threaded rod from the hardware store, some suitable nuts, and a short
length of angle iron. I cut the angle iron to be slightly longer than
the spring is wide, then drilled a hole in the angle iron (didn't have a
1/2" bit, so I used my 3/8" bit and enlarged it with a rotary file in my
drill). Slapped the whole thing together, and voila! Look in the Moss
catalog at their $50 spring compressor to see how it goes together
<giggle>.
Cheers,
Vance
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(I think, therefore I go fast)
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Bruce Moxon
Sent: February 24, 2005 4:02 PM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Rebush Front suspension
Thanks to everyone for their input. Some lively discussion. I have
decided on
a urethene kit and lo and behold TRF is backordered (go figure - the
winter
sale and backordered). I am going to replace my springs when I do the
front
end and have come up with another question. After reading up on removing
springs in the Williams "restore... book and the Bentley manual, they
say that
you can change without using a spring compresser. This does not seem
like a
wise idea. Any comments?
Thanks,
Bruce
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