Re: OT... Replacing car strut

Posted by 1945 A on March 01, 2005 at 07:35:35 from (199.245.220.253):

In Reply to: OT... Replacing car strut posted by TractorMike on February 28, 2005 at 15:55:31:

I was able to rent a spring compressor when I decided to replace the struts on a little Buick my wife drove a few years back. After that 1 experience, I decided that future strut changes were going to be done by someone else!\
Those springs are under a LOT of compression, and 1 slip of the adapter could be hazardous to your health!
The other thing is, that you'll end up having to get the front end aligned afterwards anyway----I drove that little Buick to the alignement shop with the tires squaealing most of the way--(about 10 miles).
If you decide to do it yourself, though, rent/buy a good tool, and keep head, extremities, etc as far awy as possible from the compressed spring....

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