Thanks to everyone that made the suggestions. What I wound up doing, after several hours of experimenting and re-trying the compression tool in various placements, was to use the tool with the bolt heads mounted up and the claws at the bottom. This precluded the use of my air torque wrench and made it a longer manual process. There is just enough room on either side of the spring mounting tower to allow a 180 degree separartion and compressing 4 or 5 coils. Made the SECOND one a quick 15 minute job, not counting the time to enlarge the lower shock mount tube to accomodate the stock through-bolt. Best regards, Daryl ------------------------------------ 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/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> 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/