Re: [AMC-list] GaryJav spring tool didn't work

[tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

Maybe a half-assed technique will undo it? If you have to do the other side,
maybe you could jack the opposite corner of the car to mostly compress it,
then restrain the spring coils with steel cable, baling wire, etc, such that
you can take *just enough* pressure off the hats that you can rotate one
with a hammer. THe spring would stay in the car in it's normal position, so
if one of your kludges let go it wouldn't really go anywhere.

In fact you might be able to rotate one with a hammer with weight on it.
Probably tough to get a swing in under there though.

What a PITA.

But it is satisfying to UNdo prior crap work and make things right.

I will be buying or making one of those.



On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Joe, That just plain sucks. You'd think even a halfassed shop would think
> to align those.
> Such an obvious thing, duh...
>
> Mark Price
> Morgantown, WV 26508
> 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!"
>
> ----- "Joe Fulton" <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > From: "Joe Fulton" <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 6:23:04 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> > Subject: [AMC-list] GaryJav spring tool didn't work
> >
> > I bought one of the GaryJav tools in the last week after almost losing
> > a spring while changing out the driver's side about two weeks ago..  I
> > tried to use it to remove the passenger side spring today, but the
> > springs (heavy duty Rambler springs) were evidently installed by a
> > shop and not at the factory.  The eyes in the top/bottom spring cups
> > were not lined up in a vertical line. The tool won't easily fit when
> > the eyes are not nearly vertical.  The previous shop must have
> > used some external spring compressors and not the AMC tool.  So I
> > removed the spring with my vertical spring compressor today and had
> > another fairly close call.   I was more worried about doing damage to
> > my freshly painted fender than to my hands and face.  That's the sign
> > of a true AMC cheapskate err....hobbyist I guess.
> >
> > I'll use the GaryJav tool for installed the replacement spring after I
> > get it compressed.  I'm waiting for the Rustleom paint to dry on the
> > spring cups right now.  I get spoiled by quick dry enamel and
> > Rustoleum slows me down when I use it.   So the lesson for today was:
> > Even good tools can't overcome poor workmanship.
> >
> > Joe Fulton (still with all his fingers)
> > Salinas, CA
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