Rollover jig due to arrive today any minute. I’ve just finished removing all suspension from the car, so will give it a quick test on the jig before I trailer it to the blasters.
Front springs with a light empty shell wasn’t something I was particularly looking forward to, but all went fairly smoothly.
I used a combination of tools and techniques. A 10t Porta power ram, new “horseshoe” type spring compressors and a ratchet strap.
You can’t catch more than 3 coils with this type of compressor but seems to do the trick nicely, and feels very secure.
The main problem I encountered was the passenger side spring was bowed outwards, I presume it’s fractured, which meant the coils were too close to fit the tool in properly. Luckily I got around this in a number of ways and got that one out with no surprises!
That spring is pictured extreme left and you can tell something is not right if you look at the top coil angle. It also sounds different if you drop it on it’s side from an inch or so, more of a rattle.
All this is getting upgraded to an adjustable spring seat design similar to cobraboy and Alex’s projects.
Jim