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I cut square sides on the shoulder I removed and used an open end wrench to compress the spring. Initially the "compressing tool" would twist back out unless I held it with the wrench or by putting pressure on top if it with my finger...then i found that if I really snugged up the tool, it...

I cut square sides on the shoulder I removed and used an open end wrench to compress the spring. Initially the "compressing tool" would twist back out unless I held it with the wrench or by putting pressure on top if it with my finger...then i found that if I really snugged up the tool, it...

I cut square sides on the shoulder I removed and used an open end wrench to compress the spring. Initially the "compressing tool" would twist back out unless I held it with the wrench or by putting pressure on top if it with my finger...then i found that if I really snugged up the tool, it...

Place a washer on top of the spring cage and then thread this on. Spring compression is much easier & its a lot easier to guide the spring cage into the pocket. Visibility is much improved it generally easier access to install the snap ring. I would highly recommend the 90 deg snap ring...

Attached is after hacking it up!

First off, awesome job on this post! It helped me just finish rebuilding/ powder coating a pair myself. I originally tried to following your method to compress the piston spring. After many hours and much cussing, I decided to try something different. I tried using the compression clamp like...