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green96v4
V4 Mad

Canada
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Posted - 04 Dec 2018 :  11:11:56 Show Profile Reply with Quote
just saw these on Tradera - Melle I know you were after a set a while back

https://www.tradera.com/item/343571/331819750/fjaderverktyg-saab-

melle
V4 Guru

United Kingdom
3830 Posts

Posted - 04 Dec 2018 :  12:49:12 Show Profile Reply with Quote
Thanks! These look home made to me; which gives me the idea I may have a go at making a set at some point. I'm sure I can find some pieces of pipe of the right diameter in our scrap pile.

www.saabv4.com
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greg124
V4 Fan

United Kingdom
173 Posts

Posted - 05 Dec 2018 :  01:05:11 Show Profile Reply with Quote
Don't think I would trust those...
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chris steeden
V4 Fan

United Kingdom
163 Posts

Posted - 05 Dec 2018 :  09:05:30 Show Profile Reply with Quote
The picture does show the correct Saab compressor. With this compressor you also require an unwinding tool (a approx 600mm heavy duty thread with 2 cup bearings and crank handle). The other type available (again, genuine Saab) is more a sissor type affair which usually involves removal of the wing. You can trust this type of spring removal and it is much safer than using 2 standard removers. The one shown will not slip around the coil thus saving your head from decapitation.

Edited by - chris steeden on 05 Dec 2018 09:11:20
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melle
V4 Guru

United Kingdom
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Posted - 05 Dec 2018 :  09:12:55 Show Profile Reply with Quote
I'm pretty sure the advertised set is a copy, the genuine ones have a Saab part number and look a bit more substantial.

green96v4 refers to this thread, which also shows my home made unwinding tool: http://www.saab-v4.co.uk/speedball/topic.asp?topic_id=35433&whichpage=1

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chris steeden
V4 Fan

United Kingdom
163 Posts

Posted - 05 Dec 2018 :  18:23:53 Show Profile Reply with Quote
Taken and downloaded from a friends Saab workshop manual via photobucket.

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I have studied the picture against an actual official Saab one and find that the picture shows the spring seat support is tapered at an angle (very difficult to duplicate one would suspect and identicle to the genuine article). Homemade or not and a little beat-up due I think to scrapping against the inner wing , is one I would rather have and trust than the run of the mill Halfords type. I love your unwinding tool Melle, fantastic and clever, very similar to the Saab one.

Edited by - chris steeden on 05 Dec 2018 18:27:53
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