Re: [Amc-list] Spring Compressor

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If you are working on an American/Javelin you need access to a long travel shop press and something to hold the assembly from sliding around. 

  Best bet is to run it over to a shop that does a lot of strut work. They should be able to handle it easily and swap/remove springs easily.

  For the big cars, the spring si short and fatter. You can safely use the weight of the car body to to the compressing. You want to be careful as the spring can still get away from you if you're not careful.

  Best bet is a spring compressor that will work from outside the coils on all of these. Such as the strut shops use. NOT those little hooks on threaded rods.. You don't want that thing to get away from you. Trust me, been there, done that!
  

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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! "

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From: Davis Martin <martin-davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> I understand the tool for removing the spring but how do you get a new spring in 
> the tool to install? 
>  Davis 
> 
> --- On Wed, 1/14/09, KENT ANDERSON <65marlin327@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> From: KENT ANDERSON <65marlin327@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Amc-list] Spring Compressor
> To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 5:02 PM
> 
> About an hour and a half ago, I put the springs back in my Typhoon (with some
> help from a very good friend).  I have a set of the AMC style spring holders,
> and he has one developed by either Snap-On or Mac Tools.  The first one went in
> with some difficulty.  It had his after market set on it, and a
> 'borrower' had replaced one of the 'hooks' with a nut/bold
> assembly.  Aparantly he lost one, and this was his so called fix.  Anyway, the
> spring held by the AMC holder went into place, and some weight down on the
> fender area, popped right out, no problem, no fuss removing from the upper ears.
> That tool looks like two cupped metal pads with a steel rod, molded into hooks
> at the top and bottom.  It fits very nicely in the upper area, which makes it
> somewhat easy to work with.  The tool is stamped with Series 10 and 80.  No
> mention of engine size.  IF you can find one of these, it's worth its weight
> in gold when dealing with front springs.  Yes, you DO have to drop the lower
> control arm a bit, so release the top of the shock.  The springs go in and out
> very easily, and the AMC tool holds perfectly, just like it's designed to.
> 
> ALL that having been said, I'm seriously considering having a local steel
> fabricator make me another pair, so if I have to pull or install both sides,
> again, I have two of the original style spring holders.  Sure was worth having
> it today!
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