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Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28
I'm afraid it will come flying out. My jack isn't the greatest...friggin craftsman.
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My granddad explained that compressed springs are more dangerous than live rattlesnakes. Rattlers give you warning...springs don't.
Chain the spring to the a-arm if you're not using a spring compressor.
I use an interior spring compressor, had to cut the big threaded rod down ~2" because it interfered with the strut tower.
I feed it up through the hole in the center of the A-arm, latch the arms onto the spring coils, and then tighten it with an impact gun to compress the spring.
When it's compressed, I drop the nut off the strut and gently lower the A-arm. Spring drops out easily this way.