You can even slice through them using nothing more than a cutoff wheel in a Dremel tool. Cuts like a knife through butter. That's how I shortened mine while still in the car (compressed externally, held captive by the shock absorber if necessary...). Bill Robertson #5939 >--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski <martin@xxxx> wrote: > > Yesterday, I watched a friend do this job in about 5 minutes using an > angle grinder on the old spring, while still held captive so it couldn't > fly off anywhere. With a muffled "thung!" it just fell out. The new ones > will be easier to put in because they're shorter. > > Martin > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/