to make a long story short, i dont have one right now.

anyone know where i can get one other than SAW? i tried them, but of course theyre a real PITA to deal with.

can someone make one that is stronger than the SAW one?

the first one i got from SAW broke during adjustment.

thanks.

 

not sure if they would sell you one, but downey includes one in their kit. I would give them a call, and see if they could sell you one.

 

Ryan why don't you just call Mike and see if he's got any spare ones laying around. I wish they would build those things stronger too. My POS bent but it isn't broken yet.

 

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Ryan,

Is SAWs are such a PITA to deal with, I've heard this several times before, why do people keep buying their stuff? There are several other types of coilovers, Dotsch and Downey are two that I know of, why are SAWs so much better? If you have the broken one tool, I would imagine any fab shop worth a crap could build you one easily, but I bet it would be costly. But if you can't adjust them when you need to, they aren't much use are they?



Brian

 

The shocks are great, the company blows. Ryan, try a strap wrench to adjust

 

Ryan,

Bought my SAW's used...no spanner either.

I took mine into "Big O" Tires (Are they National?), the guy in the bay put those bad boys on a spring compressor and spun them up with a good ole pair of channel locks. PRESTO! Done. Took me all 10 minutes to put them back on my truck and both sides measured just right.

I HIGHLY recommend taking them down to a shop with a spring compressor. Even with the spanner it it a royal pain in the Arse to dial them up when the spring is loaded. Just my .02.
Matt

 

i have a spanner wrench from the saws i got from the previous truck. You can have it for $25.
jk
You can have it for free since i dont have the saws anymore. Just pm me.

 

I bought my spanner wrench on this site:

http://www.mcmaster.com/catalog/109/html/2569.html#.

I got them to adjust my Donahoe coilovers on my Tundra. They're beefy and will last a long time. It is not a thin piece of steel. It has the feel and weight of a Cresecent wrench...easy on the hands too. I got part # 5472A5.

 

Nice...
I bent my spanner to ˟˟˟˟e when i was adjusting my second coilover, bent it back enopugh to finsh the job, nice to know the replacements aren't to expensive...
thanks for the link

 

mine broke the first time I tried to use it. which sucks because now one side is different from the other and there's no way to fix it.

i'll probably order a strap wrench ... some other sites mentioned it as a good way to adjust coilovers if the spanner wrench breaks or is lost.

(yes, i know this is an old thread, but i figured better to add to it than start a new one based on the same exact issue)

 

I'm sure the problem was resolved long ago, but camburg was happy to sell me a spanner when I ordered a rebuild kit for the SAWS (and I happily included the spanner when I sold the SAWS 2 months later....)

 

i'm still without a spanner wrench.