wanted to remove spring from shock - and no....

[jpcjguy]

So I wanted to remove the spring from the shocks of my kid's hammerhead 80T to clean them up and paint them.
Made a "spring compressor" tool and low and behold - the "disc" does not have a slot! - what the.....?!?!

There is a nut inside. Anyone seen this? I assumed it is screwed on - standard rotation or reverse? will need a second person to keep it compressed when attempting the nut...

Pics below:

 

[mckutzy]

It does look to be reverse... But just loosen the direction the threads go, might have to secure the moving yoke to loosen.

 

[ezcome-ezgo]

Could be the nut and lower mount are tightened up against one another, or "jammed". Try to clamp the lower mount and loosen the nut (turning it to the right).

 

[65ShelbyClone]

That's exactly what it is; the nut is a jam nut and the eye screws onto the shock shaft. I can tell by looking at the threads that they're right-hand.

And that spring compressor is scary.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Aren't every spring compresser scarey?

 

[jpcjguy]

That's exactly what it is; the nut is a jam nut and the eye screws onto the shock shaft. I can tell by looking at the threads that they're right-hand.

And that spring compressor is scary.

I just cobbled that together quickly. I still need to add a guard over the top of the spring and cut a slot for the shaft. That should make it "less scary"

 

[jpcjguy]

I cut a slot for the shaft and the spring sat much nicer in the angle iron. I was able to loosen the jamb nut and then used a screwdriver in the shock eye to remove the end.