Front coil spring compressor???

[SeattleCarGuy]

Hi all,

What is your favorite, easiest to use, front coil spring compressor and where can I order one?

Thanks in advance,

Paul

[bugsy]

Snap-on. They are one of the best. The ones made in china break. Sd the money on real steel not cast.Good luck.

[Supergas990]

I've got a Matco/Macpherson. Works slick and you can run it with an impact.

Blair

[Verne_Frantz]

I've been using this KD compressor for years. DO NOT use an impact on it though.

I add the mole Skin to the hooks to prevent scuffing the coils.
Verne [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[Lynn]

I was expecting someone to say floor jack. I guess I am the only one who exclusively uses a floor jack under the lower control arm to compress / decompress a spring. I realize if you have a first gen Nova or first few gens of Mustang, this won't work. But on the other GM cars with the coil sitting in the lower A arm, I just use a floor jack. Then I don't have to worry about how to get the darn spring compressor out through the shock hole.

[m22mike]

Lynn
How's that work out for you when there is no engine in the car... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]

I use the same one Verne show's a picture off, I glued thin neoprene rubber strips to the jaws to help from slipping.

Mike

[L78steve]

Ive got one of the KD's and the thrust bearing broke.

[Verne_Frantz]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: m22mike</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Lynn
How's that work out for you when there is no engine in the car... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]

I use the same one Verne show's a picture off, I glued thin neoprene rubber strips to the jaws to help from slipping.

Mike </div></div>

Even with the compressor, I still used a floor jack because of no engine in the car. I have a complete photo step by step of how I did it, but the files are too big I guess and won't post. I ran straps under the floor jack and attached to the frame so when the jack lifted the lower control arm, it couldn't lift the frame. IT was tedious to set up but in the long run everything was a breeze to put back together. I wish I could post the photos.

Verne [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[Lynn]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: m22mike</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Lynn
How's that work out for you when there is no engine in the car... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]

I use the same one Verne show's a picture off, I glued thin neoprene rubber strips to the jaws to help from slipping.

Mike </div></div>

Not worth a darn Mike. Therein lies the problem with my method. When I put the springs in my car, I had a few family members standing on the sub frame.

[Lynn]

I also believe that Verne's older Chevy (he thinks anything since 64 is a &quot;late model&quot uses a longer spring with more coils, so my method might be even more difficult. But, with the engine in the car, it has never failed.