Front Shock Replacement: Workaround or Tool needed

[Konstantin Bogach]

I used big pipe wrench. Do it when car is standing on wheels rather than on stands - you
can drop it off.

Konstantin Bogach.


>
> From: "Forhan, Thomas" <Thomas.Forhan at mail.house.gov>
> To: 200q20v at audifans.com, quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Front Shock Replacement: Workaround or Tool needed
> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 13:04:24 -0500
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> And my second question for the day:
>
> I bought 4 Bilstein HDs  and started to swap out the old ones over the
> weekend. I thought I would do the fronts first, since the "top down" method
> seemed so easy....
>
> Well, once I got in there, the big problem is the threaded collar holding
> the shock in. Bentley calls for a "2078" (book  is at home- maybe is a
> "2079") which must be about a foot long hollow spark plug wrench sort of
> thing, except its business end fits into a hex shaped recess about 30mm in
> diameter on the top of the collar. Even my local friend who has massive
> collection VAG tools from a VW dealer that went belly up in NY state a while
> back did not have the tool.
>
> Any other ideas? I figure I could abandon the top down approach, remove the
> strut and spring, and try to get it off with a pipe wrench on the bench, but
> if you know a better way, or want to lend or rent the right tool, please let
> me know!
>
> I'm trying to get the beast back on the road for a Thanksgiving trip:
> DC-Chicago-DC.
>
> Thanks again
>
> Tom F.
> 91 200q20v Avant
> and a bunch of Vanagons
>