No need for spring compressor on rear struts?, Changing out my struts Options

[senick]

Well, lately the noise coming from the trunk has gotten fairly unbearable, and the ride exceptionally bouncy, especially in the cold. I'm thinking it's time for new struts, and I'd like to take care of it at work where we have a lift. I just want to confirm though that a spring compressor isn't needed in the back? I have an 95 AT200, and the writeup on installing coilovers mentioned that said compressor is unnecessary.

As a side note, could clunking noise also come from a lose tower? Maybe I should change out the mounts while I'm at it....

[cyb593]

You might as well replace the mounts, bellows, and the bearing(springs if you want to or if broken if that is at all possible). Make sure when you bolt the struts back to the hubs go over the mount bolts once again. When i did mine i had to go back and retighten because it would make a clunk noise when i test drove it. The car adds weight to it so you can tighten it more thoroughly when they are mounted up. Th process is very simple with 2 people if you dont want to have to take everything apart besides the 6 bolts.

Always use a spring compressor as like posted above you can kill yourself or hurt yourself if you dont.

This post has been edited by cyb593: Feb 2, 2012 - 4:58 PM