Re: stripped strut :(

["Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.gmi.edu>]

On Mon, 15 Apr 1996, Glen Powell wrote:

> Can anyone make a suggestion as how best to remove an Ur-Q strut with a
> stripped 7mm hex at the top of the strut? Drill clear through the top nut
> sacrificing the strut? These are nice new sport q struts in the Ur-Q and I
> tried (in vain) to pull 'em out along with the orig engine in prep for the
> KUQEFH install. Hate to sacrifice a new strut, but, perhaps that's what
> the Audi Gods are looking fer.......... > > HELP! > > -glen
> 
Glen,

	You could try an impact to remove it.  Then once it's off 
maybe you can salvage the strut with some careful welding, and reinstall 
it properly.

I'm putting the droF at the END of my .sig.  Maybe that will appease the 
Audi gods a little:-)

Later,								
Graydon D. Stuckey								
graydon@apollo.gmi.edu								
Flint, Michigan   USA
'86 Audi 5000 CS Turbo Quattro, GDS Racing Stage II				
'85 Mazda RX7 GS 12A-leaning-towards-a-13B-soon
'89 Thunderbird SC, pulley, wheels, suspension mods, 3.73 gear, and lotsa 
	toys inside