[Shotimes] Front Strut R&R

[Ron Porter]

Mike, why are you removing the tension rod nuts, anyway? I know that it's
the way that George, in-the-land-of-no-rust-and-corrosion, does it but that
stuff just doesn't work here in the Great Corroded North.

I have removed the front struts on two cars with just jumping on a pry bar
and whanging the knuckle with the lead hammer to get the strut clear.
Removing more suspension parts is just adding to the grief!!

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 8:16 AM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Front Strut R&R


When I changed my front springs again here recently, I
couldn't get the tension rod nuts loose at all.  Fearing the
breakage of yet another part, I decided instead to remove
the bolt that holds the control arm to the frame.  Much
easier to get that out.  Then it just took some prying to
move everything down far enough.  Definitely takes two
people though.


Mike Wojton
Toledo, Ohio
 
   -'95 White MTX
      '96 Brake Upgrade
      Eibachs (front)
 
"Avoid the clap." - Jimmy Dugan




shotimes-admin@autox.team.net wrote on 11/04/2004 02:12:06 AM:

> On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 20:45:08 -0500, ROBERT SCHIRMER wrote:
> 
> >I swear my problem must have been
> >getting the steering knuckle bolt loose enough, so that thde strut 
could slide
> >off???
> 
> No...I think it was getting the tension strut bushing loose enough so 
that you could
> slide the whole thing back off of it and give yourself some more 
downward movement
> on the knuckle.  Once it slides a bit, it will slide all the way, as 
long as rust
> hasn't destroyed the bottom of the strut.
> 
> George
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