Valve spring compressor
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2008
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From: Whitby Ont.
Valve spring compressor
Does anyone know where I might find a valve spring compressor that will work on dual springs ? I have tried 2, to no avail, comp cams is supposed to have a good one but hard to come by in GTA. If anyone has any leads let me know please.
THanks Al
THanks Al
Drifting
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From: Collingwood Ontario
Which ones are you trying? I've used the one from Princess Auto on a number of setups and it worked fine. It grabs the side of the spring and has a **** on top. Helps to put a socket on the retainer first and rap it with a hammer to loosen the keepers. I use air pressure to keep the valves up if the heads are on the engine.
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Le Mans Master
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From: Whitby Ont.
Which ones are you trying? I've used the one from Princess Auto on a number of setups and it worked fine. It grabs the side of the spring and has a **** on top. Helps to put a socket on the retainer first and rap it with a hammer to loosen the keepers. I use air pressure to keep the valves up if the heads are on the engine.
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Le Mans Master
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Melting Slicks
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I just swapped out my AFR dual Red stripe springs for PAC 1521 on the car. This worked very well for me.
http://ls1tech.com/forums/tools-fabr...available.html
http://ls1tech.com/forums/tools-fabr...available.html
Drifting
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2008
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From: Whitby Ont.
how do you stop the inner spring from shooting out the bottom when you have the inner spring compressed ? It is easy to get the keepers off, it is compressing the dual spring to get it back on.
