02blackbeauty19

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The heads are off the car.....What is the best tool to compress the valve springs to put them on. I already tried one tool and it didnt work to well.....any suggestions???

DONAIMIAN

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The Crane tool. Almost every sponsor has em.

TheLS1Kid

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+1 for Crane

It compresses two springs at once.

kwiksilverz28

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another vote for the crane

eallanboggs

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Why do you wait until the heads are off to ask this question?

vettenuts

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Another vote for Crane tool. Buy from Vinci for best price>>>>>>>>>>

Don't use this type, you will damage your springs.

Yeahdoug

Any tool that compresses the spring by pushing down the retainer is fine.

JPH

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crane tool. what else, would i say.

Hennytime

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i really liked the shaft mounted tool that compressed 2 springs at once, not sure if it was a comp or crane tool. def not the one in the pic though

vettenuts

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This is the Crane valve spring tool, Vinci carries it>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

bad6as

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i say crane..

btw any one have one for sale or rent

Hennytime

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ya itsa baller tool

02blackbeauty19

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New heads and New Valvetrain

I have one almost just like that

chewy99ws6

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+1 for the crane tool

vettenuts

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Here's the reason. Most performance springs have a surface treatment to induce a compressive stress on the surface to lengthen spring life. If you use one of those tools and scratch up the surface, you defeat the purpose of the surface treatment. I have used a tool like that in the past on an old Nissan (it is now a paperweight in the took chest) and it kept slipping off and marked up the springs pretty good. What ever tool you get, make sure it presses on the retainer itself and doesn't physically contact the spring surface.

02blackbeauty19

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Crane tool is on the way

Jrp1978

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Crane Will Make Life Easy.