Yep, that's what we BUFF guys call an Alpha Sierra - a Ah, S**t! -
somewhat the opposite of an ATTABOY, but with much more power than an
ATTABOY - one Aplha Sierra has been known to wipe out 50 thousand or more
ATTABOYS. Good luck and be careful
Wilton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich Thomas" <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 11:55 AM
Subject: [MBZ] S**T!!! -- Spring Compressor
I am rebuilding the front end of mama's 300SD. Bought this spring
compressor that Max found,
eng.jtc.com.tw/products/index.php?mode=data&id=355&top=0 it seems like a
good stout unit, not a lot different from the one I rented from Rusty last
time I did the job on the 123.
Rotated the plates around to get a good grip at top and bottom of spring
(first attempt I needed to get more coils in the tool), got the spring out
no problem other than fiddling a bit to get the teeth set in the plate
pockets. Went to uncompress the spring, got the compressor all the way
extended and there was still compression on the spring so I can't get it
out, maybe only a half inch or so. I try to turn it back to tighten it to
put it back in the car to compress it a bit and hold it compressed, to
rotate the plates some to get some slack (they are interlocked top and
bottom now with the teeth on both ends locked in the pockets on the
plates, so the whole thing rotates), and I run into this "feature" :
Advantage :Newly developed automatic 3-point safety interlock and
***automatic freewheel
at end of stroke.***
Which means the screw will not engage the bottom part now, and I cannot
recompress it to put it back in the car. SH*T!!!
So I am pondering how to get it compressed enough to rotate the plates
around a bit to get the thing out. I am thinking to stick it under the
car frame and then drop the whole car down enough to compress it a bit (I
think I only need a 1/4 or 1/2" or so but I am also thinking that is
dangerous as hell and really do not want to mess up my day. Or maybe use
the floor jack (which has a round pocket on the lift arm) to put it under
the car and push it up a tad. Or if I should go to oreilly's and borrow
one of their cheapo compressors, use that just enough to get some slack on
the system. There is probably not a whole lot of compression on it at
this point, maybe a coupla hundred pounds if that, but still enough to
make a problem if it decides to go for a walk. Or maybe if they have a
press we can push it enough to release a plate so I can rotate it out and
re-engage the screw.
Ideas? I was hoping to get this job done this weekend, mostly (gotta go
to a shop to get BJs pressed) but not if I am running all over creation to
deal with this stupid thing.
--R
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