Mike in AZ
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i don't know of one available.....maybe join the HAMB, introduce yourself and ask there??....just a thot.....maybe So-Cal?? on E. McDowell??....Mike
Spring Spreader
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Kaonix
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Wow Joel, nice work lol. If you don't have it, make it! I usually abide by that rule as well however I just don't have the tools or place to do that. I live in a gated community with a VERY strict homeowners association so I have to take care not to upset the neighbors too much.
And Kube, No, I don't want to be one of those guys that it didn't work for hence post #16 and post #18 stating that I am going to go ahead and buy the right tool. I do appreciate your input however.
And Kube, No, I don't want to be one of those guys that it didn't work for hence post #16 and post #18 stating that I am going to go ahead and buy the right tool. I do appreciate your input however.
ford38v8
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A little bit of knowledge can be dangerous. I was clever enough to make a world class spring spreader, using 1" all thread, a coupler, and schedule 80 pipe, and dangerous enough to bend the damn thing when I used it.
That was a few years back and I've got CRS now, but as I recall, I was focused on the position of one shackle that I expected to swing out, but of course it didn't and I ruined my spreader and seriously bruised my ego.
That was a few years back and I've got CRS now, but as I recall, I was focused on the position of one shackle that I expected to swing out, but of course it didn't and I ruined my spreader and seriously bruised my ego.
Mike in AZ
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check A to Z rentals at Van Buren and Dysart??....see if they have a porta power and whether you think it will work.....just a thot....Mike
Kaonix
Member
Thanks Mike, that's exactly who I was thinking of when I was looking at renting one, however I did remember their prices are kinda high....on EVERYTHING, but, I got the problem solved, thank you.
Mike in AZ
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cool.....good luck....Mike
Kube
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Alan, Fortunately you found out that Allthread® has very little lateral strength prior to being hurt. Guys that continue to use this within a spring spreader are asking for trouble.
Displayman
Senior Member
Old Henry,
Great pics. That's exactly the way I did our rear spring.
Thanks for the pics.
Bob- Hampshire, Illinois
Great pics. That's exactly the way I did our rear spring.
Thanks for the pics.
Bob- Hampshire, Illinois
Kaonix
Member
Ok guys, I got my spring spreader but I think it's wrong. Look at the picture. That is the end that is supposed to hold the spring. When I mount it up on the spring still attached to the car, the end covers both the spring and the shackle tabs. That CAN'T be right, unless I'm missing something? Thoughts?
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Henry/Kokomo
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It looks like the end shown should go against - under - the main leaf and against the eye. I'm guessing that a bolt should be placed in the eyes of the bracket attached to the spreader to prevent it from slipping off the spring. I presume the other end of the spreader looks the same and would be similarly placed and a safety bolt installed prior to the spreading operation beginning. Just my thoughts. Hope they help.
Kaonix
Member
Thanks Henry, but perhaps my pic isn't quite as descriptive as needed. There's no place for a bolt. it's simply flat steel. When put in place it covers the shackles as well as the spring and I see no way to get the shackles off when it's in place. Seems too wide, in my opinion it should only cradle the spring eye itself and not the shackle tabs holding the spring in place?
Clem Clement
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Be veryu careful land don't work alone. I have bent commercial spreaders withthe amount of push needed.
They are relatively easy to make and inexpensive. You don't have to weld feet on the pipe ends, however it does look neater. You can install / use your homemade spring spreader on reverse eye springs! You just bolt an "eye" on the opposite side of the reverse eye. I made mine out of two short pieces of angle iron. Needed to change the 90 degrees to something like a 45 but it worked perfectly! g
blucar
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I have responded to many threads on the "Barn" and EFV8 forum regarding making and using spring spreaders..
Attached is a couple of pix of a spreader that I made about 30 years ago.. I made it from memory of one we had in the Ford Dealership I worked in during the early '50's... The all-tread I used was 3/4" structural grade... I did not make the ends "chisel" shaped, as you will note from the pix, the ends are U shaped to capture the spring eye. It is near impossible for the spring eye to become dislodged from the spreader..
Many years ago we used a bottle jack under the spring eye and a bumper jack to adjust body height.. Kind of spooky, but then... when you have blown the trans and are afoot with only limited resources you do what ya gota do....
Attached is a couple of pix of a spreader that I made about 30 years ago.. I made it from memory of one we had in the Ford Dealership I worked in during the early '50's... The all-tread I used was 3/4" structural grade... I did not make the ends "chisel" shaped, as you will note from the pix, the ends are U shaped to capture the spring eye. It is near impossible for the spring eye to become dislodged from the spreader..
Many years ago we used a bottle jack under the spring eye and a bumper jack to adjust body height.. Kind of spooky, but then... when you have blown the trans and are afoot with only limited resources you do what ya gota do....
