Hi quality tool. Works great.

I replaced all the upper arms and spring saddles(using roller baring ones) Gives my 1970 XR-7 a great stance and improved handling. This spring compressor is a well made tool and will be used many times over the next few years.

Did the trick.

an interesting tool,

if it saves me time and grief wen it comes time to use it, it will worthwhile.

If your spindle/lower A arm is mounted, this tool is a pain. The upper A arm will not drop enough to get the perch under the spring, and that's using a 1" drop spring, shorter than stock. I managed to wiggle out the old one, but getting the new one in I have scuffed, banged, and scraped every part trying to get them in line, no go. Taken apart more of the front end than I should have to for a spring swap and still no go.



Will have to go rent a proper tool.



If they were to provide a top piece with tube to cinch down on the second from the top coil, it could be compressed prior to install and actually fit.

The front suspension was completely out of my '70 Mustang when I used the tool to install the coil springs so perhaps my experience would be different if that wasn't the case. A mechanic friend of mine made his own tool for this job that closely resembles the original Ford tool shown in the '70 shop manual. I like that better to remove the springs but prefer the WCC tool for the installation. In both cases, my number one concern was safety-not ease of use, not how fast the job could be done, not cost of the tool. With the understanding that compressing a coil spring can never be considered a safe task, I felt reasonably safe using this tool. It did take some trial and error to position the tool so that the spring perch would line up with the A arm but to me that was a small price to pay for safety. Knowing all this, on the second spring I found it helped to have the A arm just a little bit loose to help move things in position.

I rented one of the hook style compression tools from a local auto parts store to install my springs. It worked but seemed unstable. I decided to do the Shelby/Arning Drop on my 67 XR7. I didnt want to use the hook style because it seemed unsafe. I seen this style on on here and thought it looked a lot safer. This tool worked great. I thought it was a little pricey but you can't really put a price on safety. I would recommend this tool to anyone that is removing or installing the coil springs.

This is a great design since it captures the spring between the tower and the perch. As long as the welds hold, and they look real nice, I don't see how the spring could "launch" across the shop like is the hazard with many other compressor styles. I do however suggest a ratcheting box wrench as this is a fine thread and it take a bit of turning to get the job done.