[V8] Re: Exchanging front struts

[Tony and Lillie]

I've never done struts on a type 44, but I usually remove whatever nut holds 
the top spring retainer tight before jacking up the car. The car is the 
spring compressor then. You will need two people when you put it back 
together to line it up.

Tony Hoffman
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kneale Brownson" <knotnook at traverse.com>
To: <200q20v at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 6:34 PM
Subject: Exchanging front struts


> I'm having no luck removing the broken wheel bolt ends from my hub, so I'm
> considering replacing the front G60 struts with some of the UFO struts 
> I've
> been accumulating.  I presume I need to compress the spring and disengage
> the axle like I did when I replaced the axle on one of our V8s.  What do I
> use to compress the spring?  I assume the VAG tool costs half the price of
> a car, so you-all must have some alternative.
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