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Originally Posted by PerfectAce

Get yourself (or borrow) one of these: https://www.eastwood.com/fairmount-t...ompressor.html It makes the job 100x easier. No-name Chinesium ones can be found on Amazon or eBay for cheaper.

Very good advice. It will be hard to get hurt with these if you're careful and you can get the assembly back together without the spring pads getting all cockeyed.