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Old 06-30-2014, 11:36 AM
Tmadia Tmadia is offline
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Originally Posted by vstech View Post
I have used that tool hundreds of times on 123's if it's hitting anything you have the plates in the wrong spot.

Both wheels have to be off the ground, the plates need to be rotated as high, and as low as you can get them on the springs, then you just crank until the coils touch, and the springs fall out.
That's how I thought it was supposed to work.

I'll try like Pedrocamp says tonight and see if it still binds up.

Here is my terrible pic, you can barely see, but the threaded rod already impinging on the bottom control arm.
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