a good piece-work shop in Austin?

[deprivation]

Getting the struts out of my ride was fairly easy but nowI need a shop to compress the springs on my old struts and move them to my new struts.

Anyone know of a shop in Austin that could do a small job like this?

THANKS!!

A

 

[davegonz]

Is this on a 4Runner?

 

[Unoman]

Any shop that does brakes, shocks etc should be able to do this for you. I had some assembled for a car and dropped them off at a Brake Check or Brake Specialist Plus....some place like that.

 

[FJsnoozer]

AutoZone rent a spring compressor so I would do if you're already doing the job yourself.

 

[deprivation]

Well, I thought about using the Autozone spring compressor but I was under the impression that it's almost impossible to use without air tools. A while back I had to get some minor shop-work done (I seem to remember it was a bearing that I needed to press into a hub) and I had a devil of a time finding a place to do it. Pep-Boys said not, Midas said no and a few other places as well. Ended up using South Austin Machine shop on Lamar, which turned out to be a good thing. They did my 22re cylinder head for me and their prices are not too bad.

I'll try the Brake Check and see what they say.

THANKS!!

 

[green grass hopper]

i know you sent me an e-mail about this. if you can't find any one south and you want to bring it north we can get them swapped out for you. i can't believe no one south will do it. let me know if you need us to do them.
good luck

 

[meatloaf]

Well, I thought about using the Autozone spring compressor but I was under the impression that it's almost impossible to use without air tools. A while back I had to get some minor shop-work done (I seem to remember it was a bearing that I needed to press into a hub) and I had a devil of a time finding a place to do it. Pep-Boys said not, Midas said no and a few other places as well. Ended up using South Austin Machine shop on Lamar, which turned out to be a good thing. They did my 22re cylinder head for me and their prices are not too bad.

I'll try the Brake Check and see what they say.

THANKS!!

What kind of air tools would you need?

 

[Unoman]

An impact gun makes quicker work when compressing the spring. Word of caution though. If these are lift springs, I would be real careful if you use one of those rental tools. I used one of those spring compressors while doing this same job and I thought it could let go at any moment since it was under so much pressure.

B&B muffler on south Lamar could probably get you taken care of.

 

[deprivation]

B&B muffler on south Lamar could probably get you taken care of.

I would have thought so as well but they said they don't do piece work, which sucks because they're right by my house. A lot of shops seem to be going this way. The manager at the Pep Boys said they won't help DIY mechanics because if someone screws up the job, they end up blaming Pep Boys. On the other hand, I wouldn't get my lawnmower serviced at Pep Boys.

I'll be dealing with standard springs, so I'll try the DIY route. Edwin - that's so much for your offer. If it comes to it, I will definitely come by your shop.

Thanks for all the great suggestions.

 

[austintaco]

When we put on my tundra coils on my Tacoma, we used B&B, but that was several years ago. The problem with the autozone type tool was that we had a bitch of a time getting the spacing correct because the springs were progressive so the gaps between the coils were different. It was very sketchy, so we opted to go to B&B.