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RE: Spring Compressors

To: "'jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil'" <jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil>,
Subject: RE: Spring Compressors
From: Craig Smith <CraigS@iewc.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 09:10:15 -0600
I think I might have the Guinness record on distance !
Across a double carport, banked off the wall, out in the drive, about 20
feet.


-----Original Message-----
From: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil [mailto:jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil]
Sent: Monday, March 08, 1999 4:53 AM
To: Jack Levy; Spitfire list
Subject: Re: Spring Compressors


Jack, the way you prevent it from blowing a hole in the wall is to make
sure you place a nice stirdy object directly in the path that within ten
days will heal over, (I used my right shin, and would gladly live with
the
hole in the wall)

Patrick

At 09:26 PM 3/6/99 -0500, Jack Levy wrote:
>What is the correct way of removing springs safely? Today I attempted
to
>remove a front shock so I put my only compressor on one side of the
spring
>and tightened then took of the shock tower top nut, needless to say I
blew a
>4 inch hole in a wall by my bench as the top assembly flew off. I guess
a
>single compressor won't work?
>
>Jack
>
>
>
Patrick Bowen
'79 Spitfire
Jacksonville FL

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