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awang44,May 22 2007, 04:27 PM Wrote:Hi, I have a 01 station wagon. I am just wondering what kinda spring compressor do you use? The one i have has hooks on both end of the center bar.  when I compress them all the way in, the spring is still not short enough to get out.

I also tried the one that compress on both side of the spring and it's very hard to get compression while the bar is not block by the lower arm...

please give me a pointer. thank!
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We used the spring compressors that are available from the Canadian Tire loan-a-tool program. Sounds similar to the one you have. And yes, we had similar problems to what your describing, especially on the back. Once we had compressed the spring as far as we could, we muscled it out. It wasn't pretty, but it worked.

Once we had them out, we had a much easier time putting in the new springs, as we could set the height adjusters all the way down, put the springs in, and then move the adjusters up to the desired ride height (all the way up in my case).

Ivan MacKenzie.