2069 tool

[Mike Arman]

> Get a 40mm socket.  Take it to a bench grinder and grind through
> the sidewall - all the way around.  Ending up with 2 parts, the
> hollow "tube" that's got a 40mm hex inside one end, and the top
> part with the 1/2" drive hole in it.
> 
> Get a piece of exhaust pipe, sized such that the I.D. just fits over
> the outside of the 40mm socket parts - this tubing should be about
> a foot long.
> 
> Put one piece of the ground-apart socket in each end of the exhaust
> pipe, braze them in place.
> 
> You now have a perfectly usable strut removal tool.


Not correct (darn!) - the 40mm end is male, not a socket. The tool 
engages and fits inside (like a big hex wrench) the strut cap, not over 
it (like a socket would).

I will, however remember this trick for other applications, but it won't 
work here.


I've seen a large monkey wrench used on the caps, but it is awkward and 
leaves scratches and other "footprints" indicative of the presence of 
monkey-lads.

There are enough of these around in the Audi crowd so someone will lend 
or rent you one. Keep asking.

Mike Arman
90 V8, not just a car, an ADVENTURE!
(and a thirsty adventure as well)