RK
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| posted on 7/6/08 at 09:07 PM |
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recommend spring compressor?
not applicable to English cars. Posts deleted by author.
[Edited on 8/6/08 by RK]
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mookaloid
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| posted on 7/6/08 at 09:10 PM |
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I recommend shorter springs.
I had the same problem and never did find a suitable compressor.
When I upgraded the springs I got slightly shorter ones and it was much easier.
Cheers
Mark
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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RK
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| posted on 7/6/08 at 09:19 PM |
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posts deleted by author. No relevent to this forum.
[Edited on 8/6/08 by RK]
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bigrich
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| posted on 7/6/08 at 09:34 PM |
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i have used jubilee/worm drive hose clips before to hold a compressed spring to enable it to be fitted more easily, can you use a trolley jack and a
solid object to compress the springs and then use the method above to fit them to the shockers then release the tension by undoing the clips.
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indykid
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| posted on 7/6/08 at 10:27 PM |
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six...........hundred............lbs/inch?
i know you said you have a heavy engine, but surely that'll have you front end skipping all over the road. are your dampers very nearly
vertical?
tom
[Edited on 8/6/08 by indykid]
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owelly
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| posted on 7/6/08 at 11:31 PM |
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In a fit of desperation, I used MIG welding wire to keep my springs in compression.
I bolted a bracket to my workbench behind my vice, with just enough room for the spring to fit to fit between the back of the moving part of the vice
with the jaws OPEN. Then as I wound the vice closed, it compressed the spring. With it well compressed, I wound lots of MIG wire through the coils and
twisted and tied the ends together. Repeat lots.
Then with the spring safely on the damper, cut the wires.
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RK
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| posted on 8/6/08 at 01:05 AM |
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Wow. Too complicated and dangerous sounding for me!
Zip ties definitively do not work.
Don't ask me why 600 lb rate. This is what the guy who has built two of them and designed the chassis suggested. Obviously this is not the best
design but it's the one I have.
I am going to take them to a motorcycle shop where they can use a press of some sort. Why can't I cut the springs a la Leepu? Just enough to
make them fit of course.
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daviep
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| posted on 8/6/08 at 09:30 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by RK
Why can't I cut the springs a la Leepu? Just enough to make them fit of course.
If you continually ask stupid questions and appear not to be trying to help yourself people will get bored trying to help you!
USE THE SEARCH BUTTON!!!!
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MikeR
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| posted on 8/6/08 at 12:45 PM |
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I don't get the full reference therefore don't think it was that daft a question. Cutting springs was advocated in practical performance
magazine the other month to lower car suspension.
If you mean cut and weld - well the problem is the effects you have on the steel.
As for searching, i've been on here for 5+ years and find searching a nightmare. I asked a question about it recently and have been directed to
a plugin so i use google to search the site.
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RK
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| posted on 8/6/08 at 01:44 PM |
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[Edited on 8/6/08 by RK]
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