JHZR2
Staff member
Mercedes springs… w126. Big ones.
To change some guide rod mounts I need to remove the spring. It’s the easiest way and lets me also work on the lower control arm bushings. But my time is limited. Will probably take weeks per side to complete.
So I don’t know that I want to keep the spring like this:
I want to be safe, low risk, but the spring and car is in an unoccupied area. I also want to minimize chance of damage to my spring.
It’s risky to decompress the spring, though the. It will be at a zero energy state.
I can store the spring, compressed or not, in a totally safe place where nobody could be hurt.
It’s totally static, but a lot of potential energy is in there. So do I decompress fully? Partially? Leave it alone?
Could any damage be done to the spring leaving it like this too long? What about if I compress it totally too many times, can’t that damage it?
Thanks!
To change some guide rod mounts I need to remove the spring. It’s the easiest way and lets me also work on the lower control arm bushings. But my time is limited. Will probably take weeks per side to complete.
So I don’t know that I want to keep the spring like this:
I want to be safe, low risk, but the spring and car is in an unoccupied area. I also want to minimize chance of damage to my spring.
It’s risky to decompress the spring, though the. It will be at a zero energy state.
I can store the spring, compressed or not, in a totally safe place where nobody could be hurt.
It’s totally static, but a lot of potential energy is in there. So do I decompress fully? Partially? Leave it alone?
Could any damage be done to the spring leaving it like this too long? What about if I compress it totally too many times, can’t that damage it?
Thanks!