Re: Compressing front springs - '39 Coupe

Posted by shinyDUCK On 2010/2/12 11:41:03

INSTALLING 'SAFTEY-FLEX' COIL SPRINGS cont:

In anwer to your question as to how to "arm" and "dis-arm" those dangerous monsters safely, if you don't have the weight of a complete car to help compress them as you raise and lower the car.

You got me ! I have NO clue ! I was trained at a Packard dealership almost SIXTY YEARS AGO ! I apologize - I should have explained that was how the FACTORY tech. rep. taught the dealers how to do it. So of course they were dealing with complete "ready for the road" cars.

I could only make a wild guess and presume you lay some strong timbers or steel plate across the frame where the engine would eventually be, and load it up with weight approximating a complete car.

See - even I do not "know it all" !

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