A spring compressor is among the most infamous tools available to home auto mechanics. Its job and operation are straightforward: It just squeezes a spring so that you can remove or install it from a ...

When designing helical or compression springs, you’ll confront several challenges and trade-offs, especially when it comes to getting the best possible performance from the wire. You will want to use ...

Coil-sprung suspension is a low-stiction, low-maintenance approach to suspending your mountain bike, with less heat build-up than air suspension. However, unlike air suspension (where you just ...

Any guy who's had to change the coil springs in his vehicle knows the potential hazards involved in doing this job. What can make the task even more hazardous is when there's no weight on the vehicle.

Ask anyone who’s ever lowered or lifted a truck and needed to compress a coil spring how nerve racking it can be. Truck coil springs are large and designed to hold the weight of a 4,500-5,500-pound ...

Coilover shock absorbers are one of the most common forms of suspension on our kind of cars, whether used on Mustang II-based independent front suspensions, IRS systems, or in conjunction with ...