walleyejack

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

Bishs

CTC's Rental Stores not have one?

Overdrive

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.

walleyejack

tried that style, doesn t work with dbl springs tho. i have a good one now.

06-Z0SICK

i bought one from canadian tire last year for like $20 when i did my cam in my C6Z. for the ones near the firewall i just cut the handle down so it would fit. no problems

walleyejack

tried that one also,, tangs aren t long enough to grab both springs.

CTD

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

Overdrive

Why do you need to grab both springs? Just need to be able to grab the outer set and push down to get the keepers out.

Looks like you found one now so it doesn't matter anyway.

walleyejack

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.

Jutskin

Champion Motors could be called in instances like this.....it'll save time calling this honest, transparent team.
You have to know that they know the answers.