wannabe Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Hey team, been looking at lowering the Crown and would like to do it safely, and I found this nifty tool whenever I looked at guides for doing truck springs in the US. I did one side, but not really keen on doing the other side the way we did it last (jack+misc hori style) How does one use this tool? As I am not sure how it would fit into the spring hole? I found this article, but it doesn't show how he got the spring compressor in/out of the spring housing? http://www.superchevy.com/technical/chassis/suspension_steering/sucp_0806w_coil_spring_installation/ Does anyone have one that I could borrow, and is anyone able to teach me how to use this? Cheers all Will love you long time for help/advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 dependent on your setup, they may not work (you have to be able to get them inside the spring, then the two arms at the top grab the coil, and then you put the bottom plate on.These ones might be better, they just grab on the outside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannabe Posted September 1, 2013 Author Share Posted September 1, 2013 Heya beav, I have 2 sets of those, the main problem being that they dont fit into the housing in the chassis for the springs while attached. Ie, won't fit in the hole. And the upper arm etc are in the way to get any decent force on it. From what I can gather, the compressor I posted above would need to be disassembled inside the spring before dropping it out of the shock hole in the lower arm? /separate chassis car noob haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 ah, right. Then yeh maybe the others will work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaN Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 NaN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannabe Posted September 2, 2013 Author Share Posted September 2, 2013 Yeah I have those as well. The biggest issue for me is trying to get the standard springs out as they are ridiculously large on the crown. Which is why I had a look at truck spring removal, and the tool in my OP was consistently used across. I wish I could fit those compressors into the spring housing along with the spring, but sadly it's too tight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Bulk lot of zip ties? I saw it somewhere here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannabe Posted September 2, 2013 Author Share Posted September 2, 2013 Lololol nope I don't wanna die. The US guys seem to use chains, so I will use that probably. But I would still prefer a spring compressor as it would be easier/my dangly bits would be safe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Its not as if the spring can fly out and get you, the method for these is jack the car up and pull out the shock, put the jack under the lower arm but not supporting any weight. Next get the biggest hammer you can lift and break the lower ball joint, this will put the lower control arm on the jack which you can now lower slowly and release the spring. You have to jack these up fucking high as the springs are real long. Getting a full length stock spring in is more dramatic than taking it out. If you are still scared you can make a tool out of threaded rod, make a footing that bolts to the shock mounts and weld this to the threaded rod. The rod goes up through the stock shock location and has a plate and a nut so you can wind the lower arm down. Still rather do it on the jack. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannabe Posted September 2, 2013 Author Share Posted September 2, 2013 So if I got the balljoint out, and just jacked the car as high as it can go, the spring won't shoot out? It looks like the spring is a bit bent under pressure atm, so we haven't taken it any further for fear of it shooting out and killing us.... Its kind of curved atm as it releases the tension and we dont want it to shoot out, hence not doing anything to it yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 What? do what I said? do you have the lower control arm sitting on the ground or something? the spring sits in there in a arc yes but there is no physical way is can fly out if you release it slowly on the jack it is held in by the spring cup and it will stay in the lower arm until its waayyy down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllTorque Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Here is what Spencer is saying, in video form. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1akqSJE0ss 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Yup there you go, so easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannabe Posted September 2, 2013 Author Share Posted September 2, 2013 Ah sweet, so we were kinda on the right track, except for not jacking the car high enough, and undoing the wrong joint....woops. Thanks for the help guys, will post up results tomorrow night when I give it another crack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Good shit for giving it a go. It's one of those jobs that once you've done it once, seems so easy. Always best to ask too if not 100% sure, as no one wants a spring to the face lol. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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