Trunk spring removal Options

[Rob-O]

I'm finally doing the install of the Camp trunk shock kit. I've got it all complete except for removing the tension on the factory springs and hooking up the Camp shocks. I know the trick for moving the spring enough to get a new roller in the hinge using a modified adjustable wrench (recent thread around here actually).. But once I move the spring, I'm having a hard time moving it off of the roller with the 10mm socket method. And if I am able to move it, it doesn't look like I'll have enough room to release the tension by bringing it down against the body/sheet metal area under the hinge.

Camp's instructions just say there is a nice write up on how to do it in the Haynes manual. But I haven't had (thanks to 914World) a Haynes Manual in decades. I think the last time I removed one of the factory torsion springs it was by just removing the nuts holding the springs down. That was in the 80's and I still remember that it was a dangerous endeavor.

Any ideas???