WolfStar, just wondered how you made out with your installation. We are having a tough time getting the coils installed.

 

Hello,

I know this post is super old but I was wondering if you got the coil spring installed. I bought the springs, but got distracted with a lot of personal things going on and they sat in my garage for over 2 years. I need to replace the springs to get this vehicle past a provincial inspection. If you are still around, let me know how it worked out. I know they are not super easy and there's a Miller DD-1278 tool to compress them that helps.

 

WolfStar, good to hear from you. We finally installed them ourselves and like you say, it was NOT an easy job, hope to never have to do that again. We did get a good compression tool but make sure you don't put the tool too high up on the spring as the spring goes into a sort of a tower and the tool gets caught up there if you go too high. Good luck with the install and hope to hear back from you. If you have any other questions just write to us.

 

I used a through the hole installation tool on my 1988 when I rebuilt the LCA, and I put the top piece through the shock hole in the frame, using that as my top to compress against.

Worked a treat for me.

YMMV, natch.

RwP

 

Hi good to hear from you too. I didn't know if you were still around. Glad to hear it worked out in the end! Finding springs for this vehicle is tricky.

How do the Moog springs ride? How is the ride height?

I see there are certain places on line that sell the factory recommended Miller DD-1278 tool. I don't see how that works really though. It looks like a rod with a cone. I would expect some
sort of hook at the top to go around the spring.

 

Any chance you have a photo of the setup you used?

 

Nope, I was too busy trying to make it work.

But think of taking the spring compressor; put the bolt up through the top of the spring, and into the shock mounting hole, then the crosspiece, then the nut on the top. (Or maybe drop down through the hole, into the spring area; then feed the spring up on it. I forget which way I went.)

The frame is certainly stout enough; a long enough bolt in the spring compressor, and it'll be able to reach.

This also allows you to keep tightening up until it JUST reaches; then you can get the LCA on it, and a jack under the LCA to lift it up enough to drop the spring compressor out and put the shock in.

RwP

 

What type of spring compressor did you use? Miller DD-1278 or another one? Any chance you could find a pic for me on the internet of the one you used?

 

It was a rental from O'Reilly's.

Let me check ..

This one.

RwP

 

Awesome thanks. I'll check that out.