[s-cars] Front Strut Removal

[Cody Forbes]

One correction: do not ever ever try to put out an oil fire with water, ever. I've been told that and I didn't listen. I had a tiny oil fire one time and grabbed a nearby bucket of water. The oil floats on top of the water, thins, and spreads. A half dollar diameter fire turned into a 10ft diameter moving puddle of flame in a heartbeat. Fortunately this was in a relatively controlled environment with very little danger of becoming a bigger problem so I was able to casually find an extinguisher by which time it had mostly gone out anyways. This would be quite a different story had it happened in a garage or under a car.

-Cody Forbes (mobile)

> On Nov 17, 2015, at 10:28 PM, Joshua Van Tol <josh at spiny.com> wrote:
> 
> If the new struts have new cap nuts, why don't you simply cut the old ones
> off? You can use an angle grinder to thin down the cap in a couple of
> places, then chisel it off, being careful not to bung up the threads on the
> strut tubes.
> 
> Alternately heat (oxy-acetelyene, propane or Mapp not hot enough) will
> work. But as Cody warned, you can really start a conflagration with shock
> oil and whatnot, so work fast and have a bucket of water and a fire
> extinguisher handy.
> 
> Josh
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: weski at verizon.net
>> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2015 7:00 PM
>> To: S-Car-List at audifans.com
>> Subject: [s-cars] Front Strut Removal
>> 
>> Patient is a 1995 S6 and I'm struggling with removing the strut cap so I
>> can remove the front struts - Bentley says to use the VAG 2069 tool.
>> I've read that it can also be done with a large pipe wrench but I've not
>> been able to get it to budge.
>> 
>> Any advice on where to pick up or borrow the correct tool or on how to
>> get this loosened?  I can't seem to find anyplace on-line that sells the
>> 2069 tool anymore - all NLA.  Should I get a 3' pipe for leverage on the
>> pipe wrench?  Touch the collar to heat it up?  This weekend is my last
>> chance to get the suspension repaired and ready for winter since our
>> spare car goes into storage for the winter starting this Friday.
>> 
>> TIA,
>> 
>> Paul
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