Removing a strut insert

[John Lagnese]

Can you buy an entire strut assembly? It would be costly, but finished.

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From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]
On Behalf Of Radek
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 11:23 PM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Removing a strut insert

Hi Guys!
It's a 90Q, 1988 - the shock (front) has probably been there for the
last 23 years!  So far, managed to undo the big nut holding the insert
in place (channel locks and some help from a pneumatic hammer), but the
shock is virtually welded inside the housing.  Bentley says to put a nut
on the piston rod, hold it with a wrench and hammer it out - ha ha!  No
amount of pounding will make it budge.  Right now it's soaking in PB
Blater overnight.  
Any tricks you can suggest - I was thinking of drilling a hole in the
bottom to put more PB Blaster, but that would put a permanent hole in
the housing - probably not a good thing.  Ideas?
TIA
Radek
Ottawa, Canada.
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