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Posted by: kconway Jan 18 2012, 10:57 PM
Anyone have a good method/tool recommendation for stretching the springs to the furthest notch? I'm deathly afraid of it shooting off and wrecking my paint.
Kev
Posted by: SirAndy Jan 18 2012, 11:01 PM
Sturdy coat-hanger (not the plastic crap) or something shaped in a similar manner. Works just fine.
Posted by: mrbubblehead Jan 18 2012, 11:10 PM
maybe lay a towel over it, just in case.... 
Posted by: Gint Jan 18 2012, 11:10 PM
Grab it with your hands and pull. They really aren't that stiff. I put on a pair of leather gloves and put them right on. Shocking how easy it was. I spent way more time worrying about it than actually doing it.
Posted by: John Jan 18 2012, 11:40 PM
I use a hook made from a stiff coat hanger that I have attached to an old slide hammer handle. I have never had a spring get away using my spring hook.
Posted by: Jeffs9146 Jan 19 2012, 12:14 AM
Sturdy coat-hanger (not the plastic crap) or something shaped in a similar manner. Works just fine.
Easy! Just wrap the coat hanger around something and hook it on the end of the spring and pull!
Posted by: VOX Jan 19 2012, 01:01 AM
i had some random thin chain links laying around and a stick.
Posted by: Lennies914 Jan 19 2012, 01:15 AM
Grab it with your hands and pull. They really aren't that stiff. I put on a pair of leather gloves and put them right on. Shocking how easy it was. I spent way more time worrying about it than actually doing it.
Posted by: sean_v8_914 Jan 19 2012, 08:01 AM
yup. leather gloves. if you are built like a marathon runner, perhaps you have a burly friend...it is easy
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