30% of the amazon reviews are 1 star. Has been known to break while under load! Deadly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well shit that peaked my anxiety with you standing in front of that spring

Great instructional video! THANKS 👍

What I’m noticing is your face right in front of the direction that coil is flexing in lol 😂

Safety first!! I love your face and your life too!!! 🥰

Thanks 🙏 it help out a lot

Great video right on point 👍🏻

Never ever stand in front of of that spring. It bent to outside.

I'll be sure to fix the chain for added protection but thanks for a great tutorial

HI good little video .. I bought one of these a while ago work fine ... but you *** must and I mean must *** put a chain around the spring and around the post ... these presses can let the spring go and fly out mine did and im glad I had the chain round it .. mine came with a chain and screw cleat to connect the chain togeather

Great video

For me safety is TOP priority. So much so, I bought a more expensive Sealey version of this tool. The yokes to hold the spring have rubber liners to hold the spring to reduce the possibility of it slipping or springing out. It has a safety chain which I used around the spring. Sealey has a very good rep for quality of it's tools. I also used pieces of old car tyre cabled tied to the top mount and bottom of the housing of the shock to protect me should the worst happen and the spring ping out. Otherwise good video. I don't think I shall ever be using the threaded compressor death clamps ever again although having a fairly good second pair which weren't bad. This type of hydraulic tool makes separating the spring and shock absorber a far easier and quicker process as well as safer. Many thanks.

Good work

I did my Mercedes S211 springs today with the same type of tool shown, however I employed a number of additional safety features. The older I have got the more sensitive to danger I have become ;-) 1) I employed the chain, just wrap it around taking up slack with supplied shackel. 2) Tied 8 cable ties (~7.5mm wide) around compression shoes and mated spring rung. Why? -The shoes appear to be cast and of chinese quality, a little porous in places. - I have seen images of the top shoe snapping under compression, producing a hazardous projectile. The cable ties will retain the shoe to the spring in such an event. 3) I place two old tyres over the whole unit, surrounding spring and upright post, suitable seated so not to cause restriction during compression, this provided me complete peace of mind.

I’ve just bought one on eBay UK I’ve paid £114 for mine. I wondered I did put a spring on mine no I know thank you very much

im pretty sure there's a warning on most if not all strut assemblies stating do not use power impact wrenches . use manual wrenches to tighten nuts because you "may" damage the system . but hey if its stupid and it works then its not stupid i guess

you gotta replace that low battery in your smoke detector that I heard as you voiced over in editing... made me look all over my house!!!

I have one these tools as I'll be changing out my Jaguar XK8 shock upper mounts and lower bushings. This bit of kit was a little more than the cheap death trap spring side clamps but like you I'm all about safety here. One question, you kept the spring in the tool whilst rebuilding the shock assembly but have you used this tool to fully release the pressure on the spring and then completely remove the spring (for cleaning and rust removal say as an example). If so, was the jack release smooth and did the spring pressure release gradually or as a quick action. Just curious as I'll be tackling the job on my car this week.

Can get mine to compress enough?

I've just bought the exact same compressor and although I was pretty sure how it's operated, I did a quick search and this was the first hydraulic instructions I found, so thanks for the refresher. I can go ahead and sort my struts out now 😊👌

The size is millimeters not metrics.

I just had one pop out while using them $ 30.00 compressors. Luckily it didn't hit my face. Could have been bad.

great video! were the forks capturing the spring flexing or were they made to make the spring look like it's going jump out if the fixture...very scary!

Turn the top section up side down will work better for you.

hi thanks for your video, it is quite helpful. do you have an update on this tool; there is another guy that used it 2 times and the main square tube spine started to bend. Is it the same situation for you? thanks again!

I have one of that type, an excellent unit, I am in the process of building a cage for around the unit incase a spring jumps, very dangerouse if you are not protected, I actually am using an 8 mm chainrestraint in the meantime. As the chan that came was not to secure or strong enough to hold a spring if it slips, better Safe than sorry...

Is that the 3ton one or the 1ton

07:40. You forgot to strap it with chain. That spring could rip half of your face off when tension would be released.

like #650...you're welcome. definitely a nice unit if you plan to do multiple springs for yourself and friends....

Did you torque that nut to 2 or 3 ugga duggas?

Hi, will it work on other vehicles?

Very Scare. Be safe ! I would ask the pro. garage to compress.

what are the called of that compressor?

Just brought one mate much safer than coil springs

How do you assemble the left side spring?

Change the battery in your smoke detector plz ty 🤙

Hi, say it's a 14 "mill" socket, haha

#BRACKET

Liked the video but I wish you had at least used a chain in case.

awesome nice video. you should become an affiliate make a little extra money be nice

That thing looks like a death trap.

You need to find a spot, get down on your needs a thank GOD for watching over you. besides that, thanks for the video

No good for Kia grand Carnival 2010 or 2011 came of the guides.

I just bought on of these and its lethal if used with springs any heavier than say for a Supra or Civic spring. Its rated at 6600 lbs and I used it for a stock spring on a FJ Cruiser which is a 600 lb/in spring and the column started to collapse and buckle. Could have been deadly if I wasnt paying attention. I had to rebuild it with 5mm wall thickness tubing to replace the garbage 2 mm wall tube its made with. Ive now used it with 800 lb springs and it works but I would not go to a 1000 lb spring for fear of the cheap weld at the base letting go. BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THIS CHEAP TOOL....IT CAN KILL YOU

Num sir

I don’t think the tool was used correctly. Just my common sense says that the spring should not have had such a bow to it when compressed. I believe if you match the contour of the spring to the coil brackets, the you should be able to compress while keeping the spring vertical without it curving outward ready to jump away. Also, if you really believed in safety, where was the safety chain? Did you sacrifice safety due to a perceived rush to get the video done? How would you have felt if someone watched, used this video and like you did not use the safety chain, and had a fatal or catastrophic accident? Yea I know best intentions and all, but we really should all strive to think, and act safely. I’m not suggesting paralyzing safety constraints just safety constraints to prevent actual paralysis.

It’s too big for the average vehicle, could be a lot better

Where is the chain that secure the spring to the post? This is not safe. The spring will pop out. You should not be posting this video. This will kill someone.

next time you might be better off investing in a new mic not a spring compressor.

НЕБЕЗПЕЧНО!!!??? Nou.

Looks like a very sketchy tool.

NO safety chain!!!

Looks so unsafe😵.

thumbs down for me, he never showed him using it, could have taken him all day trying to just get it to compress, we never got to see how much easier or harder it is vs other presses. Disappointing.