Macpherson Strut spring compressor

[OHOYAMA]

i got one of these but with no instructions,and dont wanna use till i get some,ive looked and got an idea how to use em but not for the type i got. any help will be appreciated, i wont drop my car till i find out exactly how to do it, if nothing by the time i get off, ill call autozone and see if they can help. thanks

[GeoffM]

i got one of these but with no instructions,and dont wanna use till i get some,ive looked and got an idea how to use em but not for the type i got. any help will be appreciated, i wont drop my car till i find out exactly how to do it, if nothing by the time i get off, ill call autozone and see if they can help. thanks

Depending on how much your local machine shop charges, I'd go return them.
Compressing the springs is EXTREMELY dangerous. Especially on our cars, because we have narrow springs. My machine shop charges me about what the cheap spring compressors cost. I'll have them do it.

If you're still insistent....
Go look in the beginner technical stickies. I put a video there that shows how to change springs. WATCH THE VIDEO. The compressors slip about 1 second after he got his hand out of there!

[OHOYAMA]

cheapest quote i got so far was 49$ a spring, anyway i started to compress the spring and the bolt is turning the whole inside of strut. i dont think its too compressed, i didnt do it much, and is the spring supposed to still be touching the top, i watched your video, but im stuck

[GeoffM]

cheapest quote i got so far was 49$ a spring, anyway i started to compress the spring and the bolt is turning the whole inside of strut. i dont think its too compressed, i didnt do it much, and is the spring supposed to still be touching the top, i watched your video, but im stuck

Time for a torch! You need to heat that nut(bolt?), then try to get it off. What's scary is that your life hangs in the balance.

[Accord214]

I used the same compressors for my struts....had no instructions either. Its pretty much self-explanatory when you take out the tire and start taking off the bolts for the strut. Just use one compressor on one side of the spring and the other one on the other side of the spring and start twisting the compressor with a ratchet. It didn't take much to it, just lots of hand work. Good luck!

[OHOYAMA]

can someone tell me everthing i'd need to intall new? i gues im tryna say like do they sell a mounting kit cuz i got new struts n springs and dont wanna pay or do it myself. in the mean time ill try to find a cheaper shop

[accordztech]

cheapest quote i got so far was 49$ a spring, anyway i started to compress the spring and the bolt is turning the whole inside of strut. i dont think its too compressed, i didnt do it much, and is the spring supposed to still be touching the top, i watched your video, but im stuck

If its spinning get some vice grips and grab the strut rod. Since you aren't using it anymore it wont matter if you damage the rod. Also spray some wd40 or bolt breaker on the bolt and go ahead and start wrenching or use a impact. It will turn

Shops here charge 25 a strut.

[OHOYAMA]

im scared to mess with it whil the spring is compressed. the compressor i have has pins on it to keep from slipping off. but i dont trust that.

[Accrdwgnguy]

Meh lie the strut on the garage floor with the bottom pointed away from you./ If you do fuck up the compressors (not easy to do, use your head, if its sideways its gonna slip) and the top of the strut rod is unbolted, the strut will shoot out AWAY from you.

Just google instructions on how to use them, I've never had any issues.

[OHOYAMA]

alright i got it all apart but i ripped the bottom rubber (compression bumper?) can i still use it? ill take pics in a min. and also im installing dropzone struts and springs, it has a pin holding the rod down, do i take that off the let it go up then install sping or am i supposed to compress it, that sounds like a dumb Q. i put the spring on the just lower the rod to the spring then tighten right? let me just take pics.

[Tippey764]

Depending on how much your local machine shop charges, I'd go return them.
Compressing the springs is EXTREMELY dangerous. Especially on our cars, because we have narrow springs. My machine shop charges me about what the cheap spring compressors cost. I'll have them do it.

If you're still insistent....
Go look in the beginner technical stickies. I put a video there that shows how to change springs. WATCH THE VIDEO. The compressors slip about 1 second after he got his hand out of there!

Its only extremely dangerous is you lack the proper tools

I have a DIY spring compressor

It attaches 2 ears to the to each side of the spring

Then a long threaded rod goes through it and as you tighten it up the spring compresses, once its loose you undo the bolt on the top and tada you're all done removing the spring

[Raf99]

I've used one of these as well. Took a lot of work and you do feel like your life is at stake while doing this, haha.

[Tippey764]

I've used one of these as well. Took a lot of work and you do feel like your life is at stake while doing this, haha.

Really? I didn't feel unsafe at any moment durring it.

[cp[mike]]

there is actually an allen-head hole on the tip of the chrome shaft, you can use that to keep it from spinning while you loosen/tighten the main nut on top.

obviously you need to compress the spring to remove it, but you MIGHT be able to reinstall the new springs without having to compress them. because they are made to lower the car, they are actually shorter and you can usually get away with just assembling them by hand. new shocks come with pins/straps holding them compressed - remove these BEFORE you install them! to get the new spring installed, the shock shaft needs to be at maximum length.

[Raf99]

Really? I didn't feel unsafe at any moment durring it.

Really. Could of been the product I had though, I had borrowed it from a friend.
It looked something like this but the "hooks" didn't seem to want to grab onto the spring very well for me (due to the roundness of the spring).