87 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme

[focused313]

it's sitting nice

[olds87]

Thank you Lance, but I have one from co-worker, just a little scared of using it, since my first time.

[SSLance]

Understand...it's like working on a bomb. Use wrenches to tighten and loosen, not an impact gun.

Also, remember you only need to grab about 3 coils total before you start squeezing, you don't need to try to grab all the way at the top and all the way at the bottom of the spring. Hardest part about taking them out of the car is getting the bolt of the compressor to line up with the top shock hole in the frame so that it'll go thru it when tightened. This is why it's easier to grab a coil a few down from near the top of the spring.

[Motoracer838]

olds87, take a look at my thread in suspension for a different take on spring compressors... https://www.pro-touring.com/threads/128376-Coil-spring-install-tip
BTW Lance is right about only using hand tools...

Joe

[olds87]

olds87, take a look at my thread in suspension for a different take on spring compressors... https://www.pro-touring.com/threads/128376-Coil-spring-install-tip
BTW Lance is right about only using hand tools...

Joe

Thank you for information and post.

[olds87]

Understand...it's like working on a bomb. Use wrenches to tighten and loosen, not an impact gun.

Also, remember you only need to grab about 3 coils total before you start squeezing, you don't need to try to grab all the way at the top and all the way at the bottom of the spring. Hardest part about taking them out of the car is getting the bolt of the compressor to line up with the top shock hole in the frame so that it'll go thru it when tightened. This is why it's easier to grab a coil a few down from near the top of the spring.

Thank you Lance. I'll see what happens in two weeks. I took some time off for work, to try this out.