i had a front spring break on my 87 300d, so it was not possible to use the mb spring compressor. the spring is like a locomotive spring, so i just brought it into shop and let them mess with it.

they had a few guys push up on control arm and remove bolts and lower the arm. This worked fine. What surprised me was they installed the new spring same way - had a few guys push up on the control arm to get bolts back in place.

So...it is possible and it was done on my car.

Would I have been the one doing the work? HELL no, and there isnt much I'll let a shop do for me.

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Paul
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I need an SDL !