Springs Are Dangerous
Replacing a strut is not very hard with the correct tools, but it can be dangerous. Even agood spring compressor can malfunction. Watch this video fromCar and Driver:
Keep in mind your car's springs are holding up anywhere between 500 to over a thousand pounds depending on the size of your vehicle. If a spring compressor fails when you remove them, all that energy is released. The spring will shoot out very fast and very hard.
Keep in mind your car's springs are holding up anywhere between 500 to over a thousand pounds depending on the size of your vehicle. If a spring compressor fails when you remove them, all that energy is released. The spring will shoot out very fast and very hard.