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Was that tech inside of a DEATH CAGE? 
This is why “Quick Struts” are popular
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I see. Not wearing gloves to protect from carcinogens is unsafe.I'd get those apart in 5 minutes with my pair of $40 strut spring compressors.
For those saying they are not safe, neither is not wearing gloves like the tech in the photo.
But doing this on your kitchen counter is just fine…
Kitchen counter transmission valve body repair
Got the thing apart from my 05 Jetta and waiting on the Transgo repair kit. Kinda reminds me of carburetor rebuilding with all the small bits and different assemblies.
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Carcinogens on your hands is a no no, but on the kitchen counter is perfectly acceptable!
If I did that my wife would have my head on a pike. And on that note, I’m off to play in the machine coolant!
After all, they're known to the State of California....
I used gloves.
My wife would burn me on the porch as an example for others to see.
They're fine in the other 49 states. I have a stack of those Prop 65 stickers at work.
They will interfere with the lower insulator.
if it’s a coilover just chain it down and stop being scared. the widowmakers without the safety pins fit into pretty much everything
if its a big spring on a perch you need to respect it and get the right tool
if its a big spring on a perch you need to respect it and get the right tool
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Completely agree; literally a "Your money or your life" situation with Mercedes springs!
And if it isn't, it probably doesn't work very well!
That is a fact! Look down to KL-0005, KL-006 and 006-2. For a shop doing a lot of struts and springs the KL-0015 is a good choice, I have not done a MB pocket spring in a long time, not one of my favorite pastimes.
The no spring compressor method. Compress the coil with the jack. Undo the top center nut. Undo lower A arm ball joint. Slowly let lower A arm out, decompressing the spring.
I did it on my 4Runner and Tundra to install 5100s
That simply does not work on the vast majority of vehicles.
I like to put my old IBA and face shield on and zip the top nut off with an impact.
Install is the reverse of removal, but with ratchet straps.
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Install is the reverse of removal, but with ratchet straps.
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You can borrow them for free from auto zone.I'd get those apart in 5 minutes with my pair of $40 strut spring compressors.
For those saying they are not safe, neither is not wearing gloves like the tech in the photo.
Ones that have been beat on so much they may break the next time someone uses it? Not to mention the convenience of not making an extra trip to pick it up and then return it. Not worth it to me.
Here is a picture of a KYB strut plus (SR4453) for this application:
Notice how the entire spring has an "irregular shape" and each side is a different length? Also, the lowest coil is very close to the lower insulator and the spacing between the first and second coil is significant.
For those reasons it is challenging to mount this assembly into a spring compressor with 4 arms that are in a fixed position....and still get enough compression to remove the strut.