Hydraulic floor standing Spring compressor Sealey or Clarke?
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smorris_12
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A mechanic friend of mine did a Z4 once and said they really struggled with the hydraulic kit they had.
Since proper kit always seem expensive for the occasional job I built one out of bits and bobs about 8 years ago and it's still going strong. If I had a bottle jack instead of the trolley jack it would be perfect. It works well on the very short Z4 springs.
smorris_12
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Just out of Weston. If you fancy a jaunt down, shout!
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At least the weather's nice at the moment!Special Kay
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I love this ingenuity. This really reminds me so much of my uncle (the legend), prior to his stroke, he used to fix our families cars for all us nephews and nieces, always making sure we were driving in mechanically safe cars. and he was a genius at constructing instruments and gadgets as such to aid him in his mechanical jobs. Whenever I hear the saying 'work smart not hard' it always reminds me of him and his gadgets. I think it was his own way of keeping us all close to him, and I miss those times.smorris_12 said:
Keep up the good work
Took my old Struts apart using a pair of bog standard SIP wind up compressors, no effort and if 180 apart then totally safe.
Put the B12 kit together by assembling, put the bottom of the shock on the ground, pressing down the top mount by hand and the best bit was getting Mrs W to run the top nut down to the start of the nyloc so she can tell everyone that WE fixed the car.
I did look at buying one a few years back for doing some Coil Overs though and it looks like the ones sold by reputable companies are all made in the same place and rebadged so go by price. Unless you're doing loads then ask around in the Local and someone will do it for a pint.
Put the B12 kit together by assembling, put the bottom of the shock on the ground, pressing down the top mount by hand and the best bit was getting Mrs W to run the top nut down to the start of the nyloc so she can tell everyone that WE fixed the car.
I did look at buying one a few years back for doing some Coil Overs though and it looks like the ones sold by reputable companies are all made in the same place and rebadged so go by price. Unless you're doing loads then ask around in the Local and someone will do it for a pint.