Coil Springs

[Megaflow]

We’ve all seen this meme:


I’ve done a few springs over the years and never really had a issue until today…



Front spring on to a nephews 2015 Peugeot 308.

Damn thing has to be compressed by nearly 250mm to get it to fit, that combined with there only being 6 coils in a spring ~500mm long means you end up here:


Yep. That’s two sets of compressors on one spring!

The first set compressing the 3 middle coils as far as they will go, bottoming out the compressors, then some more to compressor the bottom coil enough to get the mount on…

[Huntsman]

Its a lot of stored energy.

You are right to be wary of.

[njw1]

Mondeo front springs are the same as they're also wider in the middle, I also had to use four clamps on different parts of the spring to compress it enough to get the top nut off. I gave the other side to a garage to sort...