DIY Spring Removal: Avoid DISASTER! 3 EASY Methods

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DIY Spring Removal: Avoid DISASTER! 3 EASY Methods

Published Jan 19, 2026 Duration 2:58 Brand Wacker Neuson

About this video

⚠️ STOP! Don't remove that compressed spring without watching this! Removing a rammer spring the wrong way can be DANGEROUS. In this quick tutorial, Dave from DHS Equipment shows you 3 safe methods to remove compressed springs from your equipment - including one simple and budget-friendly option using M8 threaded rods. 🔧 What you'll learn: ✅ Why spring-loaded plates are dangerous ✅ The inexpensive DIY method (under $10!) ✅ How to safely decompress springs step-by-step ✅ Professional tips to avoid injury These methods will save you time, money, and keep you safe. 💬 Have you tried removing compressed springs before? Drop your experience in the comments! 🔔 Follow for more equipment repair tips and DIY methods Shop https://Stores.DHSEquipmentParts.com for all of your Core Bore, Core Cut, Husqvarna CP, Multiquip, Stihl, and Wacker Neuson equipment needs.

Transcript

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You're going to start by removing your shoe. And when you remove that shoe, you're going to be left with this this spring plate right here.

0:10

There are several ways to get this spring plate off of the bottom here. Um, you've got to remember this is spring loaded. If you don't have this

0:19

compressed and you take that last screw out, there's a ton of pressure in there. Uh, so you've got to you've got to follow these couple of procedures.

0:27

There's a couple of different ways you can do this. Uh the first way is uh very inexpensive, a little timeconuming, but very inexpensive. Uh just by getting

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some M8x12.25 threaded rod. Uh we'll remove two screws. We'll put the threaded rods in here. We'll run the nuts all the way

0:45

down. We'll remove all the screws and then we'll slowly start taking the uh pressure off the nuts. Left, left side, right side, left side, right side. And

0:53

that plate will just slowly start uh to to come up. The other method is by using a hydraulic press. All you have to do is situate this in the press, get your ram

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all the way down on the plate, remove your screws, slowly remove the pressure from your press, and the spring box lid will start to rise, getting some of the

1:14

pressure off the springs. Um, the main method I like to use, it's easier. This is called a spring box tool. And what it

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does is we'll remove three screws. We'll set those three screws in there. We'll remove all the screws and then we'll use the impact wrench and we'll just release

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the pressure with this tool. It's a it's a great little tool. Uh that is part number 81423. It's a very helpful tool and this is how

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we'll do it. Okay, so we remove the three screws.

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You line the three screws up with the tool nice and snug.

2:02

Get it centered. Okay. And we're going to go ahead and remove the other screws now.

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Again, once we start to release this just a little bit, if you don't see the plate popping up, uh, grab your little ballpeen hammer or little chisel or something and knock around the edges

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just to loosen it up and make sure, uh, it gets unstuck. Uh, now we're just ready to hit it with the impact.

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It really is the fastest way. And we'll go ahead and release these spring, these screws.

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Okay.