Changing strut shock.
Grant Lenahan
glenahan at vfemail.net
Mon Aug 9 05:17:27 PDT 2010
you do need to counter-hold the damper shaft to remove the nut.I used an offset (z-shaped) open end wrench, or you can make one out of a cheapie.
I dont knwo what the other tool is, nor do i care. In the day i survived many shock jobs on a 90q20v without one :-)
The strut is under tons of tension even when removed. It can expand a couple more inches.
I prefer to do the job once. That means good quality shocks ( you decide the valving - that's a personal call) and get the heavy-duty (ur-q) strut top bearings, which, IMNSHO, are usually the reason you need to og in there in the first place.
Grant
On Aug 8, 2010, at 11:13 PM, Al wrote:
> '90 80
>
> Hi guys,
>
> Will I need all of the tools called out in Bentley? Like the socket Tool # 3078, that has a side chewed out, so the hex wrench can hold the shaft while turning the nut. Will enough tension be released by removing the strut from the wheel housing , allowing it to hang down, so I can turn the nut without a tool, just a socket?
>
> Or the tool WV524 that has two ears to remove the slotted nut, that hold down the strut mounting w/bearing. Wouldn't a long needle nose pliers do the same thing?
>
> My strut mountings have 40K on them, replace or leave. OEM or something better.
>
> Besides a device to compress the springs, anything else I need to know?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Al
>
>
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