1 or 2 not worth bothering with, 20 or more makes for a nice addition of easy clean aluminum. Like the man said cut a small slot into the pot then cut the spring 5 times.



AQll you need a a hole the size of a quarter, once you cut the spring it snaps into a new position under the hole you cut, proceed cutting the spring until no more new pops into place then you know your done. All the tentsion will now be released so that you can safely disasemble the brake pot with out killing yourself.

Using the tool that comes with the brake pot to compress the spring is only creating a dangerous situatyion for some port sap who may accidently release the compressed spring much safer to cut then you can toss it aside and sleep with a clear concience.

I could not live with musefl if that compressed spring fell of my truck on the way to the yard and some 12 year old kid found it thinking it would make a good addition to some proect he's working on at home. Cut the **** thing an be safe.