C4 spring compressor tool on Ebay
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Race Director
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C4 spring compressor tool on Ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6754
If I had the money I would jump all over this & I still might anyway....
If you have ever thought about messing with your spring this would be worth it !!!!
If I had the money I would jump all over this & I still might anyway....
If you have ever thought about messing with your spring this would be worth it !!!!
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Re: C4 spring compressor tool on Ebay (Arisa)
I had purchased one for the front from a closed dealership. And I never used it, it was very cumbersome.
As I recall, we preloaded the front suspension and untied the shocks on one end.
After removing the load on the suspension, there was no longer any load on the spring, it was in free state, it was then removed. This was easier than using the tool.
Not encouraging to do anything unsafe, the whole idea is to have the spring in free state, ie. no energy stored to damage you.
Check with some others to see if this is not a common method for removal.
As I recall, we preloaded the front suspension and untied the shocks on one end.
After removing the load on the suspension, there was no longer any load on the spring, it was in free state, it was then removed. This was easier than using the tool.
Not encouraging to do anything unsafe, the whole idea is to have the spring in free state, ie. no energy stored to damage you.
Check with some others to see if this is not a common method for removal.
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Re: C4 spring compressor tool on Ebay (gene284)
Oh I pulled a ton of them :D Matter of fact I think I have a tech article on removal of the front spring. You are correct but I still would like to have one :D
[Modified by Arisa, 2:36 PM 4/25/2003]
[Modified by Arisa, 2:36 PM 4/25/2003]
