Wanted Citroen C15 rear spring compressor needed

[anonymous user]

As the title says, I need to get hold of one of these, preferably borrow/hire rather than the couple of hundred to buy a new one. Camper is off the road, local garages including Citroen don't have one. I know there are a few C15 fans on here so hopefully someone can help. Due to the odd suspension set up with poor clearance ordinary spring compressors are not suitable.

[Eddie Honda]

http://autoshite.com/topic/26596-blingo99-in-mot-fail-shocker/?p=1120163

 

Puddlethumper was looking for one too a while ago.

[ruffgeezer]

We have one at work but it is unlikely that I could loan it out.

[DodgyBastard]

Make your own using these handy technical drawings...

 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B5UstL2jIkcjM001b2owY3NpQUU

[anonymous user]

Thanks FOAD, I hope it doesn't come to that though, as I'd have to pay someone to make it, my metalwork skills are zero and I don't think one in wood would work. I have got a number for a garage in Bristol that may have one, don't know if they will hire it out though ( even if I offer a hefty deposit) and don't fancy trying to drive the camper to them.

[DodgyBastard]

It might be easier to take a complete axle from a breaker...

 

DSC_0943 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

I think the romahomes just have some shims between the springs to enable them to take the extra weight.

[dieselnutjob]

I got the arms out of my 305 estate by putting the rear wheels on ramps and then filling the boot with paving slabs until the rear suspension was fully compressed.

I then made up some brackets to hold the springs in their compressed state.

When I removed the paving slabs the springs remained compressed and I could get the arms out.

Remember that due to the unequal length of the arm pressing the spring and the arm that the wheel is attached to that the force in the spring is something like five time the weight on the wheel though.  You need some very strong brackets to hold.

If it isn't strong enough then most likely it will let go when you remove the paving slabs and as the arms are still there at that point no harm will come.

[lexi]

If he has no metal skills or tools though..........they cannot be made. You need heat, metal and a welder is handy. If you can bend the metal cold, it wont be strong enough for beefy springs.

[dieselnutjob]

I made something with bits of unistrut that I had lying around, I don't have a welder either.

 

I bet you could do something with some metal plate, an angle grinder and some M12 threaded rod.