best tool for replaceing springs in vehicle?
best tool for replaceing springs in vehicle? Long story short. i put heads on my car that have bronze valve guides. the heads came with strange valve seals that have a ring around the top and a three prong band around the bottom. the heads were missing 2 of them so i figured id replaced them. i called around to some known shops and everyone told me to just use stock valve seals. figured it was easy enough. got the gm installer from work and installed them. i didnt like how the stock seal were going on but figured id give them a shot. sure enough they arent doing the job. i figured they must have got damaged possibly putting them on bc they went on tuff. so now i need to figure out what seals should be on there and replaced them.
so as i get to my original question whats the best tool for me to buy to decompress the springs in the car?
so as i get to my original question whats the best tool for me to buy to decompress the springs in the car?
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I like Tim's tool because its cheap. If you want to spring a little more cheese you can go with the Crane tool that does two springs at one. $32 vs. $100.
I used the same kinda and I really like it because you can move it around how you like to get the keepers in and out
