When you are ready to assemble, put the spring in the perches on the
car. Put a floor jack under the LCA, and jack the spring into place
to connect everything. (having 3-4 hands is handy, but I git er done
with 2 hands.)
I have never used a spring compressor except on the 124 front, (and
111 front) and now I can do that without too. big deal is getting
the strut compressed and tied down to assemble the 124 front. If you
install new struts that are tied down, then assembling a 124 sans
spring compressor is a cinch.
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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