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Old Apr 25, 2015 | 05:36 PM
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Single Action Spring Compressor - advice.

Folks,

There is a single action spring compressor at Harbor Freight. Has anybody used this before? There is basically one bolt that will compress both sides. Fits up to a 7" spring.

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Originally Posted by jdpoissa
There is a single action spring compressor at Harbor Freight.
Post the link to it so we can be sure we're looking at the correct one.
 
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Old Apr 26, 2015 | 08:48 PM
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I wouldn't be very comfortable with a Harbor Freight anything, let alone that scissor spring compressor. I do like mine from OTC though. It's much beefier than that one from HF. The OTC scissor compressor works very well and I never worry about it exploding in my face.


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