Whenever I work with my springs, I put a length of chain through the spring, and bolted it around the control arm. I figure if it lets loose, it can't go very far. By the way, I begain this practice after I tried using MacPherson strut compressors on my MB springs, and one flew off and hit me right below the eye! It was a REALLY dumb thing to do.

Please, just be careful when working with these springs.

Careless Jackass (aka: Jeff Pierce)

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Jeff Pierce

Current Vehicles:
'92 Mercedes 190E/2.3 (247K miles/my daily driver)
'93 Volvo 940 Turbo Wagon (263K miles/a family truckster with spunk)
'99 Kawasaki Concours
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Previous Vehicles:
'85 Jeep CJ-7 w/ Fisher plow (226K miles)'93 Volvo 940 Turbo Wagon
'53 Willys-Overland Pickup
'85 Honda 750F Interceptor
'93 Nissan Quest
'89 Toyota Camry Wagon
'89 Dodge Raider
'81 Honda CB 750F Super Sport
'88 Toyota Celica
'95 Toyota Tacoma
'74 Honda CB 550F