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Originally posted by kerry edwards
substitue a threaded rod with a fat washer at the end of the square tubing for the ram and still have the same effect.
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The 'washers' on my spring compressor are almost 3/8 of an inch thick. I'm telling you, this stuff is nothing to fool around with lightly; there are some serious forces involved here.
I am evangelizing on this simply because I don't want forum newbies to think it's simple and easy to rig-up a quick McGuyveresque something-or-other and yank the springs out of these cars.
I have my reasons too....
In another life, I managed to inadvertantly 'liberate' the right front spring out of the control arm on a TR-6 frame. On it's way into low earth orbit, it missed my jaw by about 2 inches. The event happened so quickly, I never saw it leave the frame and it took me 45 minutes to figure out where that spring landed.
I'm done. I've said my piece and counted to three.