Stuck Front Shock in Strut

[Konstantine Bogach]

Steve,
I did in this situation the following:
1.  With upper stut nut off,  jack up the wheel hub to compress the 
spring and get shock's piston out  ~15 cm.  Bushing should be removed, 
of course, to do that.  Do it slowly and watch the spring not curve a lot.
2.  I put several  weights from dumb-bell  on the piston,  then 
something with smaller hole so the big concave washer didn't go 
through,  tighten nut.
3.  Slowly lower the jack and spring tension will pull shock out with no 
problem.

Cheers,
Konstantin.