AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |
Back to Blog
Recompress spring easy3/15/2023 The type of coil spring compressor you should use depends upon which type of front suspension your car has. Hose assembly oil on the threads because it’s heavy and tenacious. Good idea to keep them well lubricated with oil during use. Those threads happy, it’s a really (I mean, really) That was evident to me when the threads bombed! You can’t argue with the fact a well-rolled thread can exhibit considerableĬlamping force. Out of the garage door, down the driveway, all the way out onto the streetĮxplosion changed my perspective on spring compressors (and their use) Remove-and-replace process, I effectively launched a “loaded” coil spring right Spring compressor came complete with shaky threads. Well-used compressor from a guy who worked at the local machine shop. Was to replace them with a new set of trick springs from Moroso.ĭidn’t have a large tool collection, I borrowed what turned out to be a Owner had “adjusted” the ride height by heating the coils with a torch. I am very pleased with the results.When I was a kid, I needed to remove the front springs on my car. As soon as I switched back to another load the gun ran fine. The bad news is that the ZQI had 3 or 4 FTE before I just stopped shooting it. All but one of my 115 grain reloads, which were noticeably lighter than the Federals, shot without a problem. Every one of my 147 grain hand loads worked perfectly. So how did it work? I shot a total of 200 rounds including 2 of my reloads, one had a 115 grain bullet and the other with a 147 grain bullet, Federal 115 grainers and ZQI, 123 grain Nato rounds. No parts shot acroos the room, my hands are unscarred and not a single cuss word was heard. I later realized that I could have probably used an old fork. This whole process took about ten minutes including making the slot in the putty knife. I recompressed the spring and removed the pin then raised the handle and Voila it was back together. I put the whole assembly back in the reloading press as before and reinserted the putty knife. After that I just reinserted the screw driver, spread the legs of the inner piece and put the cap back on. I then took the dremel cutting wheel and cut off about 3.5 coils with the spring assembly still mostly together. At this point I was able to compress the rest of the spring with one hand while inserting a small flat blade screw drinto the other inner section and spread the two pieces so that the cap would come off. I could probably have compressed the spring even more but it was not necessary. with that done, I slipped a pin into the spring at the top of the first inner section and slowly released pressure on the press arm. I then lowered the arm of the press and compressed the spring. I the took the putty knife and held it under the top of the press and slipped it into the coils of the spring assembly. I removed the die from my single stage Rock chucker press and put the assembly through the hole where the die goes until it touched the ram. I cut a slot in an old putty knife with a dremel tool and cutting wheel. I read the sticky in the FAQ section but that seemed like a whole lot of trouble so I came up with my own solution. The only problem was going to be taking the recoil spring assembly apart and putting it back together. No one here suggested shortening the recoil spring but I could tell that it was way to heavy. After reading everything I could and trying heavier ammo I decided to chamfer the plastic around the ejection port and take a few coils of the recoil spring. Okay, so I was having a lot of jamming issues with my Sub 2000 in 9mm.
0 Comments
Read More
Leave a Reply. |