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kicks6000 · **Posted:** Sat Apr 08, 2006 9:33 pm

How have you guys gotten those compressors in-between your front springs ??? Thanks!

Eddo · **Joined:** Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:01 pm **Posts:** 1214

kicks6000 wrote:

How have you guys gotten those compressors in-between your front springs ??? Thanks!

Just use a pry bar or large screw driver to pry open the springs a tad and it should fit in there.

kicks6000 · **Posted:** Sat Apr 08, 2006 9:55 pm

Well, it's in there now, but do I do the same to get it out?? I'm having a hard time of getting the thing out of there!

Eddo · **Joined:** Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:01 pm **Posts:** 1214

kicks6000 wrote:

Well, it's in there now, but do I do the same to get it out?? I'm having a hard time of getting the thing out of there!

Same way. Put a large screw driver or pry bar inbetween two of the coils of the spring right by the compressor. You should be able to pry open the springs a little and pop it right out.

Tokyojoe · **Posted:** Sat Apr 08, 2006 10:10 pm

Kicks,

You should've asked us to help you (LOST Rockies). We feel cheated out of a lift or "anything KJ" party.

kicks6000 · **Posted:** Sat Apr 08, 2006 10:20 pm

Tokyojoe wrote:

Kicks,

You should've asked us to help you (LOST Rockies). We feel cheated out of a lift or "anything KJ" party.

Trust me: this is nothing close to being a party. I requested to have new Ranchos ordered by 4wheelparts three weeks ago. I went there this morning, and they hadn't ordered any. I guess I should have called before I performed arm and elbow surgery on Pepe the 2nd.

Now I'm just trying to put him back together with the new springs, but old struts. I have to get to work and school this week! Pepe and I look pretty mornful. Also, the screwdriver/pry bar idea is not working! YARRRR!

Edwin · **Posted:** Sun Apr 09, 2006 8:42 pm

Gitcha some of them cheap compressers from Advance Auto. They work great, and no trouble gettin them in and out of the springs.

kicks6000 · **Posted:** Sun Apr 09, 2006 11:31 pm

Edwin wrote:

Gitcha some of them cheap compressers from Advance Auto. They work great, and no trouble gettin them in and out of the springs.

That's where I got them....but no luck.

Edwin · **Posted:** Sun Apr 09, 2006 11:41 pm

Do they have 4 hooks on each one?

kicks6000 · **Posted:** Sun Apr 09, 2006 11:53 pm

Edwin wrote:

Do they have 4 hooks on each one?

It comes with two bars with two hooks on each.

Edwin · **Posted:** Mon Apr 10, 2006 7:24 am

You don't have the same compressors I have. You have them that have the cast iron kooks on them, right? The compressors I have cost about 20 to 30 dollars, I think. AmPro is the brand.
Part #T70570
UPC #9560970570

By the way, how's yer business doin? I finally put a roof rack on. I need lights now, and a switch panel and switches.

KJScott · **Posted:** Mon Apr 10, 2006 8:51 am

Well if using a pry bar isn't working, try unthreading the compressors, then prying the spring coils wide enough to get each hook in and then re-thread it. I had to that on the left side coil for my lift.

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