88 5KTQ front struts

[cobram at juno.com]

New struts are about $80 each and will outlast the car.  Junk yard
struts...might be worse than what you have in the car.

That being said, there is a cap nut half way down the strut, behind the
spring.  You can get to it with a pipe wrench, strut should come right
out once you unscrew this.  You'll see a hex (Allen) hole in the middle
of the strut shaft, you can use this to hold the shaft while you remove
the top nut, but the way you've got it, it should come out, and you get a
free top bushing.  

BCNU,
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JeffreyZentner at aol.com writes:
  
>  
> When I was at the wrecking yard last Saturday I tried to remove 
> several front struts, I could not get the center nut off so I removed
the 3 nuts 
> that hold the adjustment plate on, When I had the 3 nuts off I could
not get 
> the strut to come out. The wheel we not on the ground. in fact the
wheels 
> where off. I thought they should have come out. What is holding them
in? I am 
> going back this Saturday, if I jack up the axle with an hi-lift jack
will they come 
> out? or I could get a set of the spring compressing tools from the auto
parts 
> house will that work? or any other suggestions?