09-01-2006, 09:49 AM
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: Blue Point, NY
Posts: 25,390
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Originally Posted by gsxr
Relax, it works on the W124, and just about every other MB with coil springs except the 107, 114, and 115 front springs. See attached PDF file.
You can do the rear springs on a W124 without the compressor (especially lowering/Sportline springs) if you have a couple of hydraulic floor jacks, but the compressor is NOT optional for W124 front springs.
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Apparently, it does not work on a W124 rear spring without an additional collar. From the latest member to rent the tool:
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Don't misunderstand, the spring plates do fit the rear 124 springs. That's OK. You need to compress at least 6 coils to compress them. The spring plates fit and the spring does compress--but not enough to remove it. As you "wind" the tool to compress, the threaded portion of the tool extends above the top of the spring mount, thru the hole at the top. This isn't a problem with the front, as there's a clear opening at the top of the spring mount for the threaded rod to poke out thru. In the rear, however, the top spring mount is blind!!!! You compress the spring only partly; then you can't compress it any more, because the threaded rod pokes up against the body. With the Klann tool (as depicted in the Chassis book), the factory thought-ahead and supplied a collar that slips around the tool, that effectively lowers the bottom spring plate position, allowing full compression, without the threaded rod extending as high. See the chassis book or CD for explanation. The chassis book has better illustrations (of using the collar around the tool) in the 4Matic section, though identical to removing non-4Matic. It's just better depicted.
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Comments, Dave, or anyone?
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