[Shotimes] OT: Spring Compression tool

[Carl Prochilo]

Thanks for the feedback.  I received other comments too.  I also
referred back to the service manual and see the Rotunda tool that is
used, which looks like a properly designed piece since it, like the
HF, keep the four compression points in a fixed reference to each
other.
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
1992 Ultra Red Crimson

Rbade12@aol.com said:
> In a message dated 3/31/2004 10:17:15 AM Central Standard Time,
> gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org writes:
> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=43753
>
> Is this a good tool to be used on our SHOs?
>
>
> It would work....however, if you do plan on working with spring
> compressors
> it's not the place to be going with some cheap Harbor Freight tool.
> I've got no
> problem with most HF tools but a spring compressor is an absolutely
> critical
> tool and that piece looks cheap! Photo's can be deceiving, but the
> design [one
> tool to compress both sides of the spring, thin welded steel at
> critical
> points] bothers me. I've got compressors [2 pieces] that are very
> stout, a simple
> design and were about $75 many years ago. Check out other tools
> [Sears,
> Autozone, etc.] before settling on a particular tool. Keep in mind,
> this is one DIY
> project, during which, if your compressor[s] fails, you could be
> killed.
>
> Bob 93 MTX