pHEnomIC

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I bought a valve spring compressor from Harbor Freight. It said it is good for valvetrain springs. I was wondering if it would work good enough for my cam swap i will be doing in a few weeks.

Anyone use this tool before? Usually their tools are good for one time use and even more indepth projects for me.

fuseone

it should work but you got it from habor freight its not like you spent that much on it

Camaroholic

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Yeah, hopefully it doesn't break on you halfway through. 16 cycles can be pretty tough on a HF tool.

(my general rule of thumb is - if I can get injured (even pinching a finger) while using a tool - I won't buy that tool at Harbor Freight )

I bought a Snap On valve spring compressor for like $45 a number of years ago. You can either use the handle or a 5/8" socket on it. It works great up under the cowl of an F-body. It looks just like this KD one:

http://www.toolking.com/ProductInfo....roductid=11584

pHEnomIC

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Haha, for real I bought it cuz it was 4$ lol. I didn't even need it at the time, but I thought itd be a good thing to have. Ill try it out and if it doesnt work, ill upgrade.

garrettpen

I bought a $40 KD tool valve spring compressor. It worked great on the stockers, the comp 918's...... not so much.