What is

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 a spring compressor.

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Just pulling your leg
We have a different way of doing things in the bush & that is use a wire that can take stress & twisting (as you would use on cattle fencing) and then use that to compress the shock spring .
I am too far away to get sued ,should you remove your pinkie finger in the process

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