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Originally Posted by Defender90
Hi All-
I'm replacing the front driver's side spring on my '85 230TE and I've run into an issue. I used the correct tool to compress the spring and remove it, but now that I have the spring on the bench I can't unwind the compressor enough to relax the spring to the point where I can extract the tool. I'd say it's still 1/3 compressed. I know the tool's unwound as far as it can go.
Do I have the correct length spindle for the tool? I thought they were all the same size. Is this common and is there a sensible process to remove the tool even with the spring still under tension? I've been eyeing my 22 ton log splitter and thinking I can rig up the hydraulic ram to compress the spring a bit so I can get the tool out, but I don't think that's an ideal solution.
I'm sure the answer's staring me in the face but I can't see it. Can someone help?
Thanks,
Adam
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You're using a KLANN or a KLANN Clone telescoping compressor center tool with circular plates at each end? Not the original Mercedes tool
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You will need to recompress the spring put it back in place and back the compressor off (expand/lengthen) it until you can loosen the plate on the driven end of the tool(the plate and compressor are less deeply keyed and notched on that end so it can turn slightly sooner and easier than the other more deeply interlocked end. Then you can maneuver that plate inward to get everything looser.
That should give you the "slack" to reposition the tool and its plates. Your problem was you had too many coils compressed, you need just enough of the center most coils compressed completely, to both get the compressed spring out and still be able to unwind the tool completely to get it apart.
If you were putting the same spring back it would not matter, but your swapping springs.