About 10 years ago, TRF (if my memory serves me) gave instructions on
how to build a TR6 spring compressor in one of their newsletters. It just
used threaded rod, double nuts on top, a piece of 2x4 on the bottom,
appropriate washers, and a nut on the bottom to crank it up. Rebuilt my front
suspension with it, couldn't have had more that $10 in it.
Andy
On 02/28/98 09:56 PM Cliff Hansen said...
>
>I spent this last week chasing down material to make a
>front spring compressor for my TR4A. Essentially I got a
>piece of grade 5 equivalent 5/8" threaded rod, a steel
>plate to push up against the spring pan, and some grade
>5 hex nuts and washers. Cost about $15 total, modeled
>after TRF's tool.
>
>I have just about destroyed this tool removing one spring.
>Too many threads on the rod are chewed to make me feel
>confident about using this thing to remove the other spring,
>let alone install them. I can just see it, I get the other spring
>pan loose, its coming down, and the nut strips its threads.
>Now I have to cut a piece of grade 5 steel rod with a 400 lb/inch
>spring holding the rod in tension.
>
>Anybody "been there, done that" with these spring compressors?
>Should I try to make another using heavier material, or give up
>and buy the tool from Moss/TRF? If so, which is the better value?
>
>Thanks for the advice.
>
>Cliff Hansen
>chansen@exis.net
>1966 TR-4A CTC 64615L (Anxious to be done with front end work)
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