Re: [Amc-list] Spring compressor

[wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

You think you can get out of the way or stop if something slips.
DON"T even try and convince yourself this is true!
When they decide to go the wrong way it happens so fast you can't do anything. It's over before you can flinch.

I had a set of the hooks on threaded rods I used once or twice. When I was trying to get the V8 springs compressed and into Garrys holder one slipped and went sideways. very scary.

   That's when I built the jig for the press it works very well to contain the spring base and it's seat. The top can only move a little since the press has a pin that comes down and the top seat sits over it. Then it's a simple matter to hook on the hooks and install the spring in the car.

  Those seats with their holes for the tools are actually pretty handy once you get a system worked out. You really need to sit down and figure out how you will handle it before you start bouncing things off the walls!

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
" I realize that death is inevitable.
I just don't want to be around when it happens! "

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> Joe Fulton wrote:
> 
> > I had a 66 Rambler spring get away from me in a aircraft shop where I was 
> borrowing the press to release the spring from the aftermarket spring 
> compressors (from Harbor Fright, I beleve).  When that sprng began to slip there 
> was nothing I could do but duck and try to release the shop press as fast as 
> possible.  It wasn't fast enough and the spring flew out of the compressor and 
> hit the wall of the shop about fifteen feet away with a lot of force.  It 
> narrowly missed some expensive (redundant) airplane parts in cluding a Cessna 
> wing.  I bought a Snap-On tool after that but I have not used it on a trunnion 
> equipped car yet. I don't know if it will fit, but it works great on the 
> 70-later coil springs.
> 
> They must also be tall and skinny... the Classic and hornet's are short 
> and fat and don't tend to do that.
> 
> I am embarrassed to say I did the little American "Classic style" and it 
> was a misteak. I used wedges strategically between the middle coils to 
> keep the spring from sproinging sideways. It was not exactly 
> confidence-instilling, let's say.
> 
> If you can keep the spring vertical, it's not that big a deal, but yeah, 
> they get all non-linear once they go sideways! THat sounds terrifying, 
> crap that would do a lot of damage to one's head or face... >>SHUDDER<<
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