Javelin Front Spring Removal

 I am trying to remove the front springs from my 70' Javelin and don't have any AMC specialty tools, I do have a threaded rod type compressor but it is does not seem to fit these springs properly and not being able to get them 180 degrees apart makes it seem unsafe at partial compression. I did a forum search on this subject but came up empty although I believe there were some posts about it recently. I believe some forum members might have an easy to make tool for this? Any ideas or pics?

Was it a loaner or one you buy?

The disadvantage of that pictured, but would be simple to fix, is that it's not as easy to pivot the spring out as Garry's is - and the original AMC (Kent-Moore) tool is far easier even than his because it rests on a half-sphere on the shock tower and will pivot all directions, making pulling the spring outward and releasing tension very simple.

Edited by billd - Nov/24/2011 at 8:17pm

mine was a loaner tool . maybe not the best one out there, it had a slide in top ,kind of hard to explain , but there was two of us so that helped getting the new ones in,it was a tough job ,my new moog springs raised the car 1 1/4 inches up which is what i did not want to do . but when the old ones came out i new i was in trouble for they looked like someone heated them to lower??? car is even now but i had a one inch rack before . car feels 100% better but may need to pull them to cut them but hate to do it again.not sure what to do now.

Great info guys, the posted compressors are the type I remember reading about. I believe I have the materials to make one.