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    Posted: Dec/13/2018 at 3:47pm
Won't be reusing my springs as I'm going coil overs....can you cut the spring safely or do I still need a compressor
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what car and year?
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It's a '66 American Rambler
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I believe it has been done while still in the car.  But they are rocket launchers.  Other may know better than I because I have removed them both the safe way and the Bugs Bunny way.  Safety first.
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I have done it with a torch. Unloaded springs are so tall that it usually takes a couple of cuts. As it approaches the cut stage, I stand back and look away so if some hot spatters fly I am safer. When it gives, it makes a loud noise but that is about as eventful as it has ever been for me.


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Take the shock out and take the tire off. That will let the spring push the upper arm down just a little further and take a bit more pressure off. I'd just put a couple turnbuckles on the spring then let the suspension down with the shock off. No more dangerous than cutting with a torch, probably safer!
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Originally posted by farna farna wrote:

Take the shock out and take the tire off. That will let the spring push the upper arm down just a little further and take a bit more pressure off. I'd just put a couple turnbuckles on the spring then let the suspension down with the shock off. No more dangerous than cutting with a torch, probably safer!

Thats with the upper and lower control arm bolts out too? Turn buckle the spring, or chain the spring 
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Just cut it with a torch. I have done it a dozen times and it is no big deal. Stand back and do it. When it gives out it will make a bang but will stay in place. If you are worried about it, put something around it to hold it in place. I never have and never saw a piece come out.


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Leave the upper control arm in, it locates the spring. With turnbuckles or chains...
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