Slim spring compressors required

[kbear]

Hello,

I’m trying to change the rear shocks as the old ones are leaking. I’ve done the job before on an old Audi Coupe and was expecting a straight forward job here. Unfortunately, the hooks on the spring compressors we're too fat to grab in between the coils on the springs.

These are the Draper ones that I currently have which do not fit.
http://www.justoffbase.co.uk/3pc-Coil-Spring-Compr...

Can anyone suggest where I can get a set with slimmer hooks suitable for the Griff?

Cheers
Anthony

[Ballistic Banana]

I didnt use the spring compressors to get mine off and know others didnt too( thats how i found out). I just undone the bolts and pulled the whole unit of with some gentle persuasion...be careful mind

BB

[HRG]

Ballistic Banana said:

I didnt use the spring compressors to get mine off and know others didnt too( thats how i found out). I just undone the bolts and pulled the whole unit of with some gentle persuasion...be careful mind

BB

As long as you allow the wishbones to extend you definitely don't need a compressor.

[kbear]

Thanks for the quick answers!!

I’ll give it a careful go without compressors.

I’d like to re-ask the same question and apply it to the front suspension though. Is this the same? The “bible” depicts the use of compressors here and I think I may run into the same trouble with the hook size…

Cheers
Anthony

[HRG]

Absolutely no compressors needed. The spring is retained in the shock unit front and rear. You'd know if there was any tension when you start to remove the bolt.

[kbear]

Ha ha, this would be why my searches came up blank for spring compressors!!

Thanks Again!

[shpub]

Except that you need a spring compressor to get the spring off the shock... unless it has a moveable platform which the standard shocks don't have.