Hi all, my coilovers turned up yesterday but I cannot for the life of me find my spring compressors, does anyone have any tips for changing shocks without them.
Cheers Kai
Sorry : ) it's an a3 3.2, Had a crack at the rears yesterday but there was no way the spring was coming out without breaking something, I'll be needing them for the fronts to take the top mounts off.
Cheers Kai
Id usually pop the topnut off with an impactgun with the topmount between my feet and the strut pointing away from me. strut will scoot over the floor a foot or two but never had a problem yet.
bit ghetto and at your own risk of course. I ****** hate spring compressors!
That's not actually a bad idea so long as it didn't give way, I'm sure it's very strong mind. I don't happen to have any though, strangeHow about baler twine wrapped several times around the spring?
Oh yeah that's much safer lol
Beat me to it, I did it a few years back, I put a trolley jack under the suspension arm to tighten the spring then wrapped it with the baler twine then released the jack and it should pop outHow about baler twine wrapped several times around the spring?
Beat me to it, I did it a few years back, I put a trolley jack under the suspension arm to tighten the spring then wrapped it with the baler twine then released the jack and it should pop out