Originally posted by drerok:
if you or someone you know owns an air compressor and an impact gun, you can use it to take the spring off the strut EASY, just place the strut behind a loose wheel, stick the extension from the gun through the center of the wheel and place it on the top bolt of the strut, hold the wheel back and loosen the bolt with the torque of the gun, the spring will pop right off w/o any spring compressor! that's what i did.
Two questions:
a) How far does the strut and/or wheel fly when you do this after it springs off the spring.
2) How do you then get the new strut and spring back together without a compressor. That is if you are using the same springs on new struts.
Just seems kinda dangerous to me, if I understand what you are doing, using the wheel as a shield to minimize your exposure.
Do you have any pictures or even better video clips of this removal technique in action?
TB
