Paul’s Homemade Coil Compressor

Step 4 in removing the back tire was to disconnect the right shock. Guess what happens when you d/c the shock? That’s right, it extends 2″ and won’t go back in. Nick has a spring compressor, but it was for a car and wouldn’t fit the skinnier coils on this shock. So Paul came down with a short case of the geniuses and devised a homemade compressor using 2 ratcheting tiedowns, an old rusty bolt, and an old exhaust bracket that I think came off a Volvo. We then ran these bigass zipties thru the coils to hold it down. Driving home with this thing was like driving home with a loaded bomb in the passenger seat. And let’s give some big props to these zipties! They were the true champions in this endeavor.