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Reinstalling Coil Springs - HJ Statesman
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#21 Posted : Friday, 24 July 2015 7:45:52 PM(UTC)
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Paech, thats exactly what we did at North Pine Motors when I was an apprentice there in 78-82. We used a scrap axle down the guts of the spring when compressing it.
Hadn't thought about it in years.
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#22 Posted : Sunday, 26 July 2015 9:50:16 PM(UTC)
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SUCCESS!!! Thanks to the combination of input from above - had a moment of inspiration Friday walking through our warehouse at work and saw some guys using the steel-band rachet and crimp pallet packing strapping. Compressed the coil spring out of the car using a cheap ($50) compressor, then put four or five straps around the spring to hold it. Put it in the car, bit of steel-cap boot fitting as well I jacked it up, then cut the strapping with tin snips. I'll send some photos when I work out how to past them in here.

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#23 Posted : Monday, 27 July 2015 2:02:37 AM(UTC)
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#24 Posted : Monday, 27 July 2015 2:50:44 AM(UTC)
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It looks like an exercise in bomb disposal with all that stored energy, but well done!
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#25 Posted : Monday, 27 July 2015 3:13:09 AM(UTC)
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I'm not saying I wasn't nervous as hell, but gained confidence when I noticed as I ratcheted up one of the steel bands, it actually pulled the spring in even further than the cheap compressor - I had straps on there before removing the compressor, so was reasonably confident. That being said, I had a friend with me to ice-bag the finger if I lost one, wore super heavy gloves and "kept it pointing away from me" as much as possible. Bit of a twang when I cut the banding, but it was in place with the ball joints done up at that stage, so I knew it wasn't going anywhere
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#26 Posted : Monday, 27 July 2015 5:51:17 AM(UTC)
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And I mentioned the bloke I knew who compressed them with a front end loader and tied them up with wire earlier...
Still vote that you can get them in with a trolley jack. Well I know you can.
Anyway good to see you got them in.
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