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Changed the front struts in The Beast.
Marv came over to be safety observer while I used the spring compressors.
Spring compressors give me the willies.
Seen too many scary videos of them going wrong.
But they're in now.
The shimmy is not cured, but it's better. Everything I've done has made an improvement.
Control arms are next on my list.
Every accident should have a witness. Learned that Roughnecking, in the 70s.
ReplyDeleteSpring compressors make me nervous enough using them on regular coil springs. Not sure I'd try them with a strut. Lucky for me the DIY shop a friend of mine owns has the fancy strut machine so you can stand back while you are doing it. Much safer, though I suppose it is still possible for something to go terribly wrong when you have things under that much tension.
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They're not under tension. The word "compressor" is no accident.
DeleteTension, torsion, compression, shear and bend are the loads.
The compressor your DIY place has is also faster than my two hooks and screws.
DeleteWere loaded ones available? Springs get weak also.
ReplyDeleteSprings are fine. No sagging.
DeleteLoaded struts were not available for my Beast.
A problem with loaded struts is they tend to be an assemblage of the bargain basement parts. There's a couple of YouTube mechanic channels talking about it.