Don,
What I did when working on my 60 +4 years ago was to make a spring
compressor out of 3/8" all thread rod, a couple of seat belt washers and
nuts. I ran the rod down the middle of the spring then tightened the
nuts on each end to compress the spring to fit. I then tied the
compressed spring with parachute shroud line (I was in the Air Force at
the time and it was readily avilable.) I tied it about every 90
degrees. I removed the spring from the compressor, installed it and
after everything was bolted up, cut the lines and removed them.
Everything went together very easily that way.
Regards,
Charles Hill
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