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Dec 16, 2010 20:06:18 GMT
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Indeed...  Looks like I pass that job onto someone else ;D I'm in no mood for major scull cracking headaches...  |
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Excuse e if I sound a little smart a*rse here, But There is nothing at all wrong with making your own tools providing you make em tough enough, no offence Rod but that pasta shaped article in the pictures does look a tittle feeble doesn't it? The Mercedes method looks far more safe winding the coil from the inside. and while your winding from the top you are well out of harms reach... Well..... When rod did that, he had another two compressors on there also, they slipped off resulting in what you saw above. And how you gonna compress a spring that has a shocker in the middle and no holes in the inner wing?? I do agree on making your own tools tho, but when it all goes wrong, and you end up with a peice of stud bar sticking out of your forehead and a spring up ya backside, you can't blame anyone but your self... |
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Remember the days when sex was safe and motorsport was dangerous. Vintage bling always attracts pussy.  |
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Dec 17, 2010 14:28:48 GMT
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1992 190E 2.0 - first car, currently being driven by the wife.
1989 500SEC
1968 W115 4.2 V8
2000 CL500
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Dec 17, 2010 18:43:24 GMT
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Indeed... Looks like I pass that job onto someone else ;D I'm in no mood for major scull cracking headaches... On some Merc forums people hire them out to cover the cost of buying them. Once you have the compressors its a very easy straight forward job. Have also seen people chop the springs on the car |
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mirafioriman
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Dec 18, 2010 22:27:42 GMT
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Undoing the top damper mounting allows the suspension to drop further allowing the spring to come out easier if you want it all the way out.
As for lowering by cutting coils......
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That leadscrew stuff looks interesting, looks less likely to strip than normal studding? Just about to buy some h/t studding to make a centre-spring compressor.
On one of the Merc forums there were nasty tales inc one guy killed, a spring shooting through a breezeblock wall, etc. Who knows if they were true, but made me think... will be chaining or strapping while doing the springs anyway.
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'66 Amazon <-> '94 LS400 <-> '86 Suzuki 1135 EFE
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Dec 19, 2010 13:33:28 GMT
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the service manual gives values of 14-19mm of travel per 1000N, so if you need to compress them by lets say 100mm thats a force of 7000-5000N (700-500kg). Taking a spring of 19mm/1000N compressed 100mm and weighing 5kg (guess) when released it would be travelling around 14 meters per second, about 30mph.
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1992 190E 2.0 - first car, currently being driven by the wife.
1989 500SEC
1968 W115 4.2 V8
2000 CL500
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Dec 19, 2010 13:40:03 GMT
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forgive my ignorance but can u not just drop the bottom arm slide out spring cut put back on and then lower car til shock bolts line up? as i say forgive my ignorance as ive never touched a benz mechanically in my life...just owned a 2.0 auto 190
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1993 Rs2o0o
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Dec 19, 2010 14:36:35 GMT
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forgive my ignorance but can u not just drop the bottom arm slide out spring cut put back on and then lower car til shock bolts line up? as I say forgive my ignorance as ive never touched a benz mechanically in my life...just owned a 2.0 auto 190 You'll find that even with the lower arm on full drop, the srping is still under considerable compression. You HAVE to compress the spring to release it. |
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Looks like I pass that job onto someone else ;D I'm in no mood for major scull cracking headaches... 
