Help with valve spring compressor (dual springs)

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Old 11-24-2009, 09:45 PM
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One of my valve springs broke so I bought a new set of springs. The springs I have in the car right now are aftermarket (not sure what brand or kind) single springs. I'm replacing them with Crane dual springs. The cam I have recommends dual springs which is probably why the single spring broke in the first place. Anyway, I was able to take the single spring off without any problems; but when it came to putting the dual spring on I realized I don't have the correct valve spring compressor for the job. My compressor looks like this: http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...springtool.jpg which is only able to compress single springs.
I've noticed there are about a million different kinds of compressors out there; so I'm wondering if anybody recommends a certain one? I need one that will be able to compress dual springs with the cylinder heads still on. Thanks.
 
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Old 11-24-2009, 09:49 PM
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Oh and I'd rather not use one of those "crowbar" compressors if possible. I've heard about people breaking the bolts off inside the head while using them.
 
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Old 11-24-2009, 10:19 PM
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Oh and I'd rather not use one of those "crowbar" compressors if possible. I've heard about people breaking the bolts off inside the head while using them.
That's what I always used and I never had any problems with it.

 
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