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Old 04-01-2010, 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by stadair View Post
Yeah, that's the trick. Getting it back in. And what a B*&^#H that was. I made my own special tool. A couple U bolts. Compressed the spring with a spring compressor rented from the local parts store. Hooked up the U bolts to keep the tension. Dropped the spring in place. Hooked up the strut. Let the U bolts off. Is what I finally came up with.
My spring compressor is a piece of crap. Tried today to reinstall them and it looks like I will have to get innovative.
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