[s-cars] RE: Installing Bilstein Struts.

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My suspension guy also recomended putting about 4 Tbsp of pentosin hydrolic=
 oil in before you put the strut cartridge it.  This give a good heat trans=
fer from the strut to the outside tube.  Otherwise, when the strut get's ho=
t, it just bakes itself in the air.  Also, the more consistant you can keep=
 the temp of the oil inside the strut, the more consistant the ride on the =
track :-)  Just a little tip I found from an x-pro racer who now does setup=
s for a few Porsche teams out here.

Eric




Message: 8
From: "Martin, Gary G" <MartinGG at aetna.com>
To: "'AUDI S Cars Discussion List'" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Any tricks to installing Bilstein struts? and Intrax
springs drop info
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 18:39:22 -0400

Should be no surprises. You could use a pipe wrench, but I took the little
tool supplied with the Bilsteins, cut a piece out of it so I could slide it
over the strut shaft, and then used a 1/2 drive ratchet wrench to tighten
the top cap. Note that the bump stop is internal.

Gary
94 UrS4
91 200 TQA

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