[SSsssteamer]

I had an accident removing my rear spring/axle. I had removed the rear spring and axle and they were both laying on the garage floor. With the home made spring spreader tight on the springs and the shackles now being loose, I proceeded in taking the shackles out. The first shackle came out easily. I should have released the spring tension after the first shackle came out. But I didn't. The second shackle needed a drift punch to drive it out. With the first blow of the hammer on the drift punch, like a bomb going off, the spring spreader shot out of the spring and the spring spreader hit my shins. Large lacerations and bruised bones resulted. Weeks of healing followed. Please be careful.