Quick n Dirty Spring Swap

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Quick n Dirty Spring Swap

Reply #30 – July 06, 2009, 01:35:55 AM

I have a pitsburg harbor freight set. Its my all around tool box. Its got a couple of deeps, and all 1/4 to 1/2 inch stuff within reason. And at 40$ I can't complain. I take it to junkyards all the time and have no issues. However, you want to keep that "foam" stuff. Otherwise the sockets fall out. I lost a couple from not noticing there were some out when I took it out at the junkyard, and couldn't find them.

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Reply #31 – July 06, 2009, 01:44:57 AM

I have a sman set 140pc plastic case that I take to the yard. My dad has the same box but made 10 years earlier. My kit constantly pops open spilling all the sockets (I have added a cardboard "shim" to keep the bits pressed in the plastic). It's missing a few now too. His has never popped open slamming around in the trunk of his TR6.

Overall, I'm dissappointed. I haven't ever broke their sockets however. I have destroyed a couple autozone sockets with my big breaker bar (a harbor freight find).

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Reply #32 – July 06, 2009, 10:11:24 AM

Quote from: daminc;280977

I'll bet you didn't read the first page. LOL

I bet your freebie image host is blocked by my company firewall... I read fine, just can't see the pretty pictures, only red x's. I'm guessing they're pictures of that kind of spring compressor?

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Reply #33 – July 06, 2009, 04:09:09 PM

yep, that's what it was a pic of

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Reply #34 – March 02, 2010, 10:35:57 AM

I did the spring swap this weekend. What a nightmare. DO NOT REMOVE THE A-ARM BOLTS. This was the worst idea ever. It's much easier to unbolt the main shock bolt and the sway-bar links. I used an internal spring compressor tool from Autozone and aside from having to fish out the bits from the inside of the spring, it worked well.

When I Pulled the passenger a-arm bolt it wouldn't clear the steering rack. Then, in my darkest hour, I let the jack down causing the half exposed bolt to punch a big hole in my steering rack, so I am still living the nightmare of replacing that. Sometimes I have blackout stupid moments.