Compressing OME Springs.

[Simpleman]

I will be installing OME Medium Duty Springs and want to know how much more difficult it is going to be to compress the springs with my manual spring compressor than it was doing the stock springs. Anyone here have experience with this.

 

[Dave08]

Doable. I did my HD's. You may or may not have issues with clearance based off how you set up your compressors.

 

[Simpleman]

Thanks! The stockers were not to bad. I had trouble getting one of the compressors out of one of the springs before it was over.

 

[tommudd]

HDs are a whole lot stronger than the stockers so eat your Wheaties ha ha

 

[Dave]

HDs are a whole lot stronger than the stockers so eat your Wheaties ha ha

and a couple of cans of spinach too...till your arms look like Popeye's....

Dave

 

[tjkj2002]

I compressed my non-soft ride SkyJacker coils many times with manual compressors and there rated higher then OME HD's(425lbs vs 400lbs).

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[jsc7002]

I did my OME HD by hand but I also used 2 sets of compressors and it did take a long time

 

[ATXKJ]

I used these - for CRD coils (400 lbs/inch) and OME 790's (500lbs/inch)
I ordered them through Advance Auto

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[J-Thompson]

grease them up real good and use an impact
tighten and loosen a little at a time but 100X better than doing it by hand

 

[J-Thompson]

Just for legal matters:

DO NOT USE AN IMPACT AIR WRENCH ON A SPRING COMPRESSOR.

You have no feel, may overcompress even. Or the compressor brakes.

(which happened to me once, I almost lost a finger).

Yeah ,ok
Well that is how I do it and never had an issue
Feel it or not you need to compress them enough to
Get on the strut
Yes if you are a complete dummy and try to compress
1 side then the other putting all the force on 1 compressor
You may break them
But I did say a little at a time

Little on this 1
Little on that 1
Will it fit over the strut? No
Repeat