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StrutTamer OTC 6583 Bridge Accessory: Enhance Your StrutTamer Experience Review

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Revainrating 3 out of 5  
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2.9
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Description of StrutTamer OTC 6583 Bridge Accessory: Enhance Your StrutTamer Experience

Bridge accessory to be used on springs that cannot be compressed enough to remove the retaining nut. This is an optional accessory for the StrutTamer and StrutTamer Elite for MacPherson strut springs removal and installation.

Reviews

Global ratings 7
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Revainrating 2 out of 5

Not suitable for tools and equipment

The clamshell clip it must mate with has curved jaws to hold the coil spring. Feathers are circles. This bridge is parallel and does not match.

Pros
  • Easy to read control panel
Cons
  • Poorly designed

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Great help with short struts

Makes changing the strut easier when open coil springs are not long enough to tension them with a spring compressor alone. Hours saved at work.

Pros
  • Handy item
Cons
  • Functionality

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Blunt design as this accessory needs to be made at an angle

I can't properly install the bridge in the hands of the Strut Tamer. One of the brackets needs to be slightly longer so that the pins are at an angle so that the upright tamer's jaws can grip enough. I plan to adjust my bridge accessories to the required angle.

Pros
  • Absolutely amazing!
Cons
  • Some small things

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Worked on a 2015 Audi A4

Didn't expect to use this anytime soon but of course my brother in law has an Audi A4 that needs this spring compression accessory. You will find out by watching a video clip about this model. I give 4 stars because it was not designed for the StrutTamer Extreme II 6637-ST. This can work with smaller diameter springs if you fold the brackets inward.

Pros
  • Tools and Equipment
Cons
  • Expensive

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Ok, useful, but it could be better.

I use mine with an OTC 6494 clamshell supercharger on the A pillars of my 2002 Honda Accord. Fits well. Fine. It was definitely safer than compressors rented from an auto parts store, but it certainly could have been better. One day it started halfway because the hooks on my 6494 slipped off the bridge pins. I didn't pay enough attention. Has anyone ever done this safely and reliably? I'm thinking of chiseling each of these thick pins so I can use 6494 locking pins to attach them more tightly.…

Pros
  • Steering and suspension tools
Cons
  • Some faults

Revainrating 2 out of 5

It is a good solid tool however

When used with the OTC 6494 Small Rack Clamp Spring Compressor it does not fully engage the holders. It's at an odd angle that doesn't allow the spring to be compressed directly (making it very difficult to put back together). I used it on an old Toyota Camry and it was NOT safe. Note: The instructions were followed to the last detail and it still took some creativity to get it working. However, it is a good reliable tool. If there is another way besides the clamshell compressor, it can be very

Pros
  • Automotive
Cons
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