There have been quite a few people posting questions about cone compressors, and whether or not cones can be installed with or without one etc.

After a bit of research, I did it myself, and I decided to document it here for the noobies (including me).

One empty suspension tower


One rubber cone


Lubricate the thread in the cone - just as drmini always says


Put the cone into position


Make sure that it sits in its proper place


This is what "MY" cone compressor looks like! A 3/4 spanner, a big washer, two subframe spacer plates, and a high tensile 1/2inch x 4inch bolt.


Let's put it together:
Step One


Step Two


Step Three


Step Four


Step Five
I turned it by hand first, to make sure that it started in the thread properly, then used the spanner to turn it about 10 times. This gave me enough clearance to put in the strut and top arm.


Get your strut and top arm ready


Grease them up and assemble them


This is how I put on the rubber seal on the front most end of the arm. It helps when installing the arm, and can be put into the correct position later.


Ease the arm into the suspension tower, start by making sure that the strut finds its proper place in the rubber cone


When the strut is positioned, then get the arm to line up properly (so that the pivot pin can be inserted).


Assemble the pivot pin, retaining plate, spring washer, nut


Don't forget the thrust bearing! It should be the THICKER of the two thrust washers.


Insert the pivot pin


Bolt in the retaining plate


Put the spring washer and nut on the other end of the pivot pin (I haven't got the spring washer on in this pic).


When all the nuts and bolts are done up properly, it's time to let the cone go.
It's time for the 3/4 inch spanner to come out again.


And this time, he might need a friend to help...


And there you have it!!!
Cone, strut and toparm installed without a $100 compressor, and without much swearing or sweating! I will have to use my "compressor" again when I fit some new rebound rubbers, I'm sure that it will be up to the task for another round of cone compressing!

We did something similar but with rod and cut a thread in it we also cut the coarser thread at the other end of the rod so that now my tool does both threads

ours was a bit different we used two nuts to lock up we we could srew the rod into the cone and then once screwed into the cone then screw the bottom nut down against a bit of plate (forgot to mention this bit) to compress the cone

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Thanks and nice tutorial ..

I will save that in my hints and tips folder .

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