coil compressor

yea good call i didnt even mess with mine took them to national tire and battery and they did it in 10 mins for 46 bucks alot easier than loosing a finger or possibly an eye or something stupid.

 

did u take them off then bring them in

 

Shit, just about any automotive repair shop should jump on this , easy money , I don't know how many shops are around where you are,

My local Autozone let me use theirs for free ,just had to leave $ 50 deposit

 

Seriously, you should not be too scared to do this! It is EXTREMELY EASY and any good set of coil compressors (like the link autozone or advanced auto will loan you) have ways to secure the coil so it does not slip off. You are not compressing it that much, it's easy to do and there is NOTHING TO BE SCARED OF.

 

He thinks that the rear needs to be compressed as well?! What on earth is Pep Boys going to compress the rear shocks onto, what assembly are they compressing and charging him $40 for?

 

i never said anything about pepboys

 

Doesnt it say pep boys? NVM It was someone else that mentioned that, my mistake!

well if you know you dont have to be charged for doing anything in tghe back them your well on your way! I say do it lol

 

i am still thinking about it

 

If you were in cali.

I have a Branick Model 7200. I will never use the suicide sticks again. way too dangerous.

 

you can rent from autozone and do it yourself. but make sure you do it right and put all the bushing and washer in. when i did mine, i forgot to the washer and bushing under the mounting top plate and i hate to take it apart. when taking it apart its harder because the coil are compressed and tricky to get the two metal clamps into the coils. so make sure to do it right.

 

Yeah, I'm in the process of installing 5100's on my truck, too. I went to O'Reileys to rent a spring compressor. I asked for a "coil spring compressor", and didn't really look at the tool before I got it home. Yeah, it's the wrong one, I got the type of compressor for 4Runner coil springs that goes inside the spring to compress it. DOH!

I get to go back today and see if they have the right one. This time I'll ask for a mac-strut compressor!

At least the rentals are free...

 

I took my coil/strut assembly to a local shop and his coil compressor. He charged $20 for the uninstall/install. I made the MISTAKE only once of taking that nut off the shock, it like to took my head off. Do NOT use some jury rig device to do this.

The shop paid over $1000 for their coil compressor and felt they had a great deal. Do not think that a piece of rope or some other cheap thing is going to compress that spring SAFELY. Spend the $20.

 

These guys can laugh thru this one as did I a little , but think for a moment about what I said about having all that energy released at once & if you were in its way.....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYFOI_UsVxI?version=3

 

I saw a video on you tube of a guy who replaced the front shocks on his tacoma without a compressor. He just used a floor jack to keep the tension on the coil while removing the bolts then gently released the floor jack to release the tension in the coil. Looked simple enough. Anyone try this method?

 

if u lived close to me i would do it im a ase certified tech do alot of side work an do custom work on anything. it really isnt that hard