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Re: Spring compressor

To: Bob Labuz <yellowtr@borg.com>
Subject: Re: Spring compressor
From: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 08:39:16 -0800
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
References: <B696E055.162F%justin@Bexel.com>
>if that tool will work with a Spitfire. However if the Spitfire suspension
>is anything like a TR3, then you should be able to make your own with a
length of
>threaded steel shaft about 1/2 inch and some 1/4 inch steel plate, I did.
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Nope, unfortunately for spring compressors, the shock and spring are
removed as an assembly (coil over type, shock has an integral lower spring
perch with top spring perch/mounting plate secured to the shock with a
couple of rubber bushes, caps, and nuts,) with the shock mounted inside the
spring.  It creates a serious problem using most spring compressors in that
the spring is so close to the body of the shock that getting a compressor
that can effectively grab the spring without contacting and ruining the
shock body is a real problem -

Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net

72 PI, V6 Spitfire (daily driver)
70 GT6+ (when I don't drive the Spit)
70 Spitfire (long term project)

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