removing shock springs???

[Awk08]

well, got my works shocks today, and it seems the shock body's have some slight surface rust on 'em, and are just generally crusty, the springs are ok, no chips or rust,
so i stopped at advanced auto and checked on their loaner spring compressor tool, and they told me it wouldnt do my shock, i took the shock in with me, the forks were too wide
so any of my veteran bro's have any redneck ways to compress these springs so i can break these down to clean and paint the shock body's, i was thinkin of paintin them that "duplicolor red metal spec" thats on my frame
any ideas ???

 

[1997blaster]

get a really fat guy to push down on it lol i bet there tool would work idk tho i havent seen it

 

[Cmh156]

Heres how i took them off my old works to paint the springs.

Need 2 people.

One pulls down on spring,other takes the cap with a slot off,and remove springs,well that was for my works tripple rates.

 

[matt75]

I dunno bro i have the same dilemma i desperately need to paint these yellow shocks until i get some new. Only thing i havnt tried that im thinkin about is compressing in the "40 ton press" then while the springs compressed wrap around it with some steel wire then uncompress i might try that sunday, if it works i will post a pic...

 

[Awk08]

i painted my stock shocks springs black, they were yellow, without taking them apart
i cleaned 'em good, wiped 'em with thinner, and took strips of newspaper and fed it inside the springs to cover the chrome shock body, painted the springs with a couple coats and then some clearcoat, left it dry overnite, then pulled the strips of paper out, they've been holdin up good

 

[Blasterdude27]

i painted my stock shocks springs black, they were yellow, without taking them apart
i cleaned 'em good, wiped 'em with thinner, and took strips of newspaper and fed it inside the springs to cover the chrome shock body, painted the springs with a couple coats and then some clearcoat, left it dry overnite, then pulled the strips of paper out, they've been holdin up good

thats good info. I:I

 

[1995blaster]

can we get some pics?????

 

[Awk08]

dont have actual pics of how i put he paper strips in and painted the shocks, but heres a few before and after, and they were white, not yellow before
and my new works

 

[Blasterb0y794]

Thats funny how you say that because i did that on my blaster too, with the newspaper and what not.

 

[stephen12091985]

reed and timyfz should know they have pced some of them

 

[Awk08]

well heres what i came up with to compress my springs and dismantle the new "works", my old neighbor dude has 3 '43 ford jeeps from the korean war, and this 2 piece contraption he made for pulling the steering wheels,
the old dude's are priceless
i drilled my workbench for the shockend and 2 for the thread, ran it up through with nut and washer underneath, then just tightened the top nuts to compress it, stopped at advanced auto and picked up more paint, same as my frame, primer and clear, gonna "mothers" the aluminum parts then paint tommorow, and touch up my frame too
finished pics soon...........

 

[Awk08]

painted the shock body's and polished up all the aluminum parts, the bushings that the guy said he cut to fit the 250r, were the rubber ones, << matched up a piece of rubber hose, and new o-rings for the bottom ones, and got them on the blasty, didnt have time to ride it yet though

 

[blasterfreek30]

wow awk looks pretty awksome, nice job man

 

[Blasterdude27]

Looks great! nice work I:I

 

[1995blaster]

how long did it take you to polish that bumper??

 

[97BoredOutBlasta]

wow those shocks cleaned up nicely. good find bro. i wonder how they feel?

 

[Awk08]

rode with my son today, so was goin alittle slower than usual, hes on his first quad, 300 lakota,
with about 3 rides under his belt <<< newbie
but the shocks feel a little stiff at slower speeds, but the few little jumps i did and nose dived it on purpose, felt awsome, what little i felt, the dude told me they were ordered for a 200 pounder, and im about 180 right now, after bein laid up for 16 weeks, but back to work now, so prolly headin back to the 165 range, maybe have to get 'em revalved over winter, looked at works website, looks like $40 each, not bad, we'll see..................
and that's funny freek

 

[L.T.]

some realy nice work there man......