Just curious if anyone has any advice/experience with replacing the strut coils just because they get old and have probably lost a bit of their spring tension?

At 10 years of age and 145K, and if you are doing struts is it time to replace the coils too, or should we not worry about it and just keep re-using them? This would be for a truck that has not lived it's life plowing parking lots, etc...

Just wondering what the service life on these things are and if once should consider replacing.

Is there some way one would measure them and verify the stats against some sort of benchmark that tells you when its time?

 

Coils should be fine. An option is monroe quick struts.

 

Yeah, I've decided to just re-use them. Using that Autozone spring compressor loaner tool was the scariest thing I've ever done. Glad that is over.

 

Yeah, just the thought of that thing getting loose scares the bejeebers outta me.

 

I bought this style compressor a few years ago since I always service the struts on my vehicles. This is much safer than using the twin clamps.

 

interesting looking tool... the rental tools are ok just use wheel bearing grease on the threads so its less scary when cranking down I kept my az rental spring compressor & have used it atleast 100 times