At 11:15 PM 03/14/98 -0700, you wrote:
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Cliff Hansen [SMTP:chansen@exis.net]
>> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 1998 6:30 PM
>> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
>> Subject: $10 spring compressor
>>
>> For those interested, here's how to make an effective tool for
>>
>Thanks Cliff. This is good info.
>
>> Remove the shock. Feed the threaded rod up through the
>> suspension tower, put a washer and one nut on the top of
>> the rod. Put your "spring pan pusher" up against the bottom
>> of the pan, followed by a couple of washers and the second
>> coupling nut. Be sure to grease the thing well. Wrench away.
>>
>It has been a while since I did this (I used a jack like described in
>the Bentley manual). What I can't recall is what allows the spring to be
>removed when the above method is followed. All I can see happening is
>the spring getting compressed but the things holding it in (the spring
>pan and the suspension tower) are also held by the compressor. What ma I
>not seeing here???
With the spring compressed and the compressor holding the tension,
its safe to remove the 6 bolts that hold the spring pan on the lower
control arms. Then as you un-compress the spring, the pan comes
down with the spring. Once the spring is at full length, take the top
nut off the spring compressor and spring, pan, and tool drop right
out.
Its possible to do this job with a jack, but I didn't want to. I don't
see that you have full control over the spring once the pan starts
coming back down.
Cliff Hansen
chansen@exis.net
1966 TR-4A CTC 64615L (Anxious to be done with front end work)
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