snapped spring

[Archangel]

My spring compressors are not long enough to do the job , what can I do ? car is undriveable osf spring was the one that had snapped , got the new springs and struts but cant get the damn thing off .

Undo the driveshaft nut and remove the wheel.

Remove one of the brake pad holding bolts and slide out the caliper away from the pads.....Remove the ABS wiring and brake pads with their warning wires.

Remove the rubber brake hose from it's strut mount.

Undo the nut holding the drop link on and pull it out the strut mount.....grind it off it it won't come off, or get mole grips on the back whilst you undo the nut.

Undo the bottom ball joint nut, hit the side of the bottom arm where the ball joint taper goes through and shock the taper free, then push down on the lower arm to release the ball joint out the way.

Undo the bolts holding the top mounting and remove them.

Knock back the driveshaft and pull the whole strut assembly away from the car.

Take the struts to a garage with a hydraulic compressor and ask them to fit the new springs onto the new struts.

Fit the new struts to the car.

aha , thanks for that concise explanation jasper , now I have a method that I can do , will of course be doing both.

[yan101]

just outof curiosity whereabouts in barnsley are you from? im in royston

[Archangel]

Daniel, whats your location ?
ive got some Long Spring clamps

Yes , mine did the same ,strut off job and go to garage (with hydraulic compressor) change both and if you can do both shockers as well , cos you dont really want to do it twice do you ?