does anyone have a recommendation on a good coil spring compressor?im taking apart the front end on my 72 cutlass supreme and hit a road block with these spings . i bought an autocraft model at advance auto but it doesnt fit up in the opening of the shock.there isnt a whole lot of room in the middle of these springs.thanks in advance.

 

no compressor needed jack up the car and support the control arm and lower it down when ready and the spring will drop out or need a little tug to come out

 

will that work even with the engine out there is no weight up front right now

 

No, it will not work. Get one of these:

 

the one i have looks just like that one but its too big to fit up inside the spring.i tried removing the clamps and feeding them up lengthways as well but couldnt turn the clamps once it was inside the spring. perhaps yours pictured is physically smaller than mine.what brand is it ?

 

Mine's KD and I've had it for decades. I do have to feed the clamps up inside the spring as you describe. It's a bit of a PITA.

 

I picked up a similar compressor at napa and with some effort was able to get it hooked on and removed the spring safely on my lunch break .with a little engineering I think a guy could build a way better one that isn't such a pia

 

This is how I did the last pair I did.

OTE=RetroRanger;858020]no compressor needed jack up the car and support the control arm and lower it down when ready and the spring will drop out or need a little tug to come out[/QUOTE]

 

That's all well and good if there is an engine in the car, however without one its impossible.

 

Oh, with out adoubt! you need that weight for sure.
or six buddy's to sit on the front might work as well!

 

they are finally all in as well as the steering components, brakes ,rotors and lines.time to take a break and get some stuff done around the house to make mama happy again