>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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