Date:         Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:59:08 -0500
Reply-To:     Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Replacing shocks: spring compressor?
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http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=3980

I saw this one, but when I did mine a friend loaned me one that looks like a
plate with a bolt in the middle. You use an air wrench or power drill to
compress and comes right off. Good luck.



On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Cecil Eastman <ckelmo1@comcast.net> wrote:

> As I prepare to replace the shocks for the first time (on any vehicle, for
> me) I'm asking anyone who might know anything about it.  In so doing, I
> spoke to my wife's cousin, a professional mechanic (not necessarily VW), who
> said I would need spring compressors or else risk life and limb when the
> shock comes loose and the spring goes boing.
>
> Is this true?  I was referred to this site,
> http://volksweb.relitech.com/frshocks.htm, by someone from the list and it
> doesn't say anything about compressors.
>
> Interested in keeping this body whole,
> Cecil
> '85 Westy
> "Der BrotKasten"
>



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Michael in San Antonio
91GL AT 'Gringo'