Bert,
Thanks for the reply on the internal spring compressor, seems like a
good idea, can I assume that what you have is a stepped washer that fits
into the spring near the top with a threaded bar passing through the
spring and out of the spring pan with another washer below, so when a
nut is done up you pull the washers together hence compressing the
spring ?
In message <9712011905.AA22387@rt.el.utwente.nl>, Bert Palte
<palte@rt.el.utwente.nl> writes
>Graham wrote:
>
><snip>
>
>>Any ideas of how to compress the spring without the help of a couple of
>>Sumo wrestlers?
>>
>
>I designed and made a special tool for this job, kind of a spring compressor
>that works
>from the inside of the spring.
>I have gratefully used the fact that there is a large hole in the center of the
>lower spring seat.
>This hole now accommodates sort of a very heavy, stepped washer of my tool.
>Too bad I'm not an ASCII graphics artist, but I can assure you that the
>method or, rather, tool I devised is efficient and very safe.
>
>
>Hopefully this gives you some idea.
>
>Bert.
>
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Graham Naylor
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