Re: 5k strut replacement - easy!

[John Karasaki <johkar@teleport.com>]

At 10:27 AM 5/10/96 -0600, you wrote:
>
>I found that you really don't need that special tool to extract it.  That is
>what you are talking about right?  I found that you can just move the wheel
>around once jacked up and pull the strut out with a pair of vice grips.
>Yeah, only about an hour or less for each strut.  Realy easy on the 5k,
>on the 4000 and 90s I think you have to remove the whole assembly :( At least
>the CV joint and hub is easier to remove :)
>Now, the bomb, I dunno.  Hearrd much talk of it and people said it is about
>an hour job or so.  I am sure that stuff is in the archive by now.  Look
>about a month or so back.  Maybe less.
>Rob
>randrews@post.smu.edu
>
I guess I was a little loose on the terminology.  I just pulled the strut
insert out using the special tool.  And the job took less than an hour to do
BOTH sides.  I did one of the sides on our V8 today in less than 10 minutes.

Once you have the strut ASSEMBLY out (using your approach) do you undo the
threaded cap using a large pair of vice grips?  I'm a little confused by
your approach.  With mine, only the strut insert comes out; the car remains
on its tires, on the ground, and if your careful, you don't need to have it
re-aligned after your done.

Regards,

John Karasaki

The Karasaki's, proud owners of AUDI automobiles

1981 Coupe
1982 TQC
1984 5000S Wagon
1990 V8