The dangers of replacing coil springs

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01-26-13, 01:48 PM

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The dangers of replacing coil springs

The dangers of replacing coil springs

Ben and Russ show want can go wrong when replacing coil springs on a vehicle.

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01-28-13, 06:58 PM

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lol, they have a tv show and no spring compressor? they kind of deserved that....

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02-28-13, 06:09 PM

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....WOW. Kinda makes you wonder what all they really "know"

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02-28-13, 10:08 PM

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I guess it depends on the spring length, but I've removed springs without a spring compressor many times.

-Don

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02-28-13, 11:30 PM

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*face palm. Sure it could be done with out, but when leading as an example, NEVER take short cuts

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03-03-13, 11:43 AM

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they were using a benz spring compressor that failed. There is a follow up video on youtube from them

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