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

[Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah it takes the tool, or in this case you can chain the two eyes together with good heavy chain or cable, has to be good stuff!

Lay the tower spring down and torch cut the tower about an inch down from the top leaving the outside piece as a "hinge".
be careful and take your time. I've seen many a Ford spring pulled this way in a salvage yard I used to frequent.
  He did it with the towers still in the car, just lift the front end as high as he could get it and still reach in, do the cut and pull the coils out. Can' remember if he finished the cut across the hinge area or pulled them out through the top or bottom.

Been too many years.

YMMV and be very, very careful!

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: "Rambler Nash Jeep and familyAMC" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 12:05:04 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] GaryJav spring tool didn't work
>
> As far as I know the 69 Rebel has the spring over the trunnion type
> suspension, so a special tool would be recommended.  
>  
> Joe Fulton
> 
> --- On Mon, 6/14/10, Jim Blair <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: Jim Blair <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] GaryJav spring tool didn't work
> To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, June 14, 2010, 8:42 AM
> 
> 
> 
> Is a special tool needed for the '69 Rebel front springs? (the car is
> cut up now and I cut the 2 towers off complete) Since no-one has been
> interested in the rest of the car, tomorrow AM the rust free rear
> quarters and floor pans will be headed for the scrap yard.
>    I figured someone would be interested in them to make molds for
> repair panels at the very least (only $20 a section!)
> 
> 
> From: Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [AMC-list] GaryJav spring tool didn't work
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> 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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