Product review (4 stars): It did not come with instructions and it does not work like a typical spring expander
This tool, while being fairly expensive for what it is, is very helpful when replacing the LG washer door seal boot inner spring. It did not come with instructions and it does not work like a typical spring expander, as it actually contracts the tool prongs when the handles are squeezed together. Instead, you place one prong in the "loop" near the open hook end of the retaining ring, then place the other prong in the spring end and when you squeeze the handles together you end up pulling the spring towards the loop and off and over the retaining ring open hook.