[Shotimes] halfshaft removal from the knuckle

[ianf@eden.rutgers.edu]

Are you guys leaving the mounts bolted to the towers tightly? The strut 
will drop if the nuts are loosened. I managed to get my tokicos in 
without removing the spindle. Same with Koni's in OEM housings...

Ian

> 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:<br><br>>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:<br><br>If you'd go to my strut removal instructions on 
the SHOTimes FAQ, you'd discover<br>there are a couple of tricks that 
will let you remove the front struts in about 10<br>minutes apiece, as 
long as the rust isn't too bad.  You have to spread the 
knuckle<br>pinch from behind, with a screwdriver or wedge, and remove 
the nut and bushing at<br>the back of the bottom of the knuckle, where 
the tension strut goes through.  Nobody<br>does this unless I tell 
them, and everyone who doesn't takes HOURS to do the struts,<br>when it 
should take minutes.  <br><br>After doing it a few times, I can swap 
both assembled stru
>  ts in the front of any SHO<br>in 30 minutes 
tops.<br><br>George<br><br><br>
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Express Yourself - Share Your Mood in Emails!
> Visit www.SmileyCentral.com - the happiest place on the Web.
> _______________________________________________
> Shotimes mailing list
> Shotimes@autox.team.net
> http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo/shotimes