[Shotimes] halfshaft removal from the knuckle

Thu, 31 Jul 2003 10:02:56 -0400 (EDT)

George,

Your instructions were very helpful in getting me started. I did everything you pointed out. But the fact was I could not slide the knuckle off the strut.  The strut was loose in the pinch bore, going up and down easily.  Still the tension strut prevented me from pushing the knuckle far enough down.  If that had worked, yes, perhaps it would have taken me only 2 hours/side to get it off (I also have to eat and drink, you know.)  But I'd never be able to do it in 15 min/side.  I don't know.  Didn't work for me.  Someone else on the list had trouble too.  Your procedure WILL fail at some point when the strut gets too long.  Now my struts were the Tokico struts, which when I compared them with the OEM Motorcraft struts were about 1.5" longer than the OEMs.

94MTX,green,BOS+

 --- On Wed 07/30, George Fourchy < krazgeo@jps.net > wrote:
From: George Fourchy [mailto: krazgeo@jps.net]
To: molsen@excite.com
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 20:53:34 -0700
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] halfshaft removal from the knuckle

On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 14:45:43 -0400 (EDT), Michael wrote: >I finally got both front sides done about a month ago. This was the first time I removed struts on my car. Gotta tell you, the front left, which I did first, took a loooong time. Days! Right side took 2-3 hours using all the experience I had gained from the left. Here's what I did to get the struts out: If you'd go to my strut removal instructions on the SHOTimes FAQ, you'd discover there are a couple of tricks that will let you remove the front struts in about 10 minutes apiece, as long as the rust isn't too bad. You have to spread the knuckle pinch from behind, with a screwdriver or wedge, and remove the nut and bushing at the back of the bottom of the knuckle, where the tension strut goes through. Nobody does this unless I tell them, and everyone who doesn't takes HOURS to do the struts, when it should take minutes. After doing it a few times, I can swap both assembled stru
 ts in the front of any SHO in 30 minutes tops. George

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