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RE: Spring Compressor?

To: Bay Area Autox <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: Spring Compressor?
From: "Mark J. Andy" <marka@telerama.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 12:58:17 -0500 (EST)
Howdy,

On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, Kelly, Katie wrote:
> You might find this hard to believe, but I've changed shocks on my car a
> couple of times. Okay, I had some help. But I was there, dammit, and I
> saw the whole thing. 
> 
> I will never go through that experience again. What I mean to say is, I
> will never put a friend through that experience again, spring compressor
> or not. Unless it's something you love to do, there are shops that can
> do that for you. What took us many, many hours by hand took a reputable
> shop (Jack Chew) a couple of minutes. So, it costs a little bit more,
> but it will SAVE you from the frustration, and also the possibility that
> a spring could go flying into your face. 

:-)  Sounds like you did the front shocks/springs on a miata...

Other cars aren't as bad.

Mark

(and some are quite a bit worse...)

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