8hrs and a yelling wife
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8hrs and a yelling wife
So I spent all day Saturday putting in my entire suspension in the parking lot with a set of wrenches. It took nearly 8 hours with a few breaks here and there. After I finished I couldn't help but wonder how much easier this would have been with impact tools and a powered spring compressor. Just compressing the OE spring, decompressing it, compressing the progress spring, and decompressing it took forever. If anyone else has ever used manual spring compressors with a wrench I feel sorry for you. Any way the finished product was worth it. Much better control and very little compromise in ride cushion. Any one else tackle this without any power tools in a parking lot? Just interested in how long it took.
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Originally Posted by Nietzsche
So I spent all day Saturday putting in my entire suspension in the parking lot with a set of wrenches. It took nearly 8 hours with a few breaks here and there. After I finished I couldn't help but wonder how much easier this would have been with impact tools and a powered spring compressor. Just compressing the OE spring, decompressing it, compressing the progress spring, and decompressing it took forever. If anyone else has ever used manual spring compressors with a wrench I feel sorry for you. Any way the finished product was worth it. Much better control and very little compromise in ride cushion. Any one else tackle this without any power tools in a parking lot? Just interested in how long it took.
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I was lucky enough to had a buddy who worked at an auto shop at the time so I had the oppurtunity to use their lift, powered spring compressor and air tools for my coilover install.
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Originally Posted by !PrjctMax!
How did you compress the springs?
It definitely would have been nice to have a friend around to help out.
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Also, anyone ever consider an ELECTRIC impact wrench? May not be as powerful as air, but if you get a good one it could help with a few stubborn bolts and certainly compressing those springs faster.
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Originally Posted by MAXDOUT04
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And forgive my ignorance but what is "QP"
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Originally Posted by djfrestyl
Also, anyone ever consider an ELECTRIC impact wrench? May not be as powerful as air, but if you get a good one it could help with a few stubborn bolts and certainly compressing those springs faster.
#18
Originally Posted by RHMax
Still better than hand tools. Depending on how powerful the air compressor/or size of the tank is, some aren't as good as electric.
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