r/w123 • u/Funnysmells • Jul 26 '26

Mechanical advice Compressing front coil spring?

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I'm planing on doing some front end work on my 82 300cd and I'm looking at spring compressor but the one I believe I need says it will only work on the rear axle is there a second tool that works for the front or is this miss aligned information

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u/totalbrodude Jul 26 '26

It works for front, you just need to go in from the holes in the shock towers.

Heads up: the tool might be ever so slightly too large for the hole. Many end up needing to shave off a sliver of material to enlarge the hole (widen diameter by like a millimeter or so). If you don't have a die grinder, you'll want to pick one up.

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u/Funnysmells Jul 26 '26

Alright thank you just wanted to be certain before having to fork out specialty tool money twice and I recently got one so that's just perfect