Re: strut tool, again??

["Bill" <billfree@interlynx.net>]

Stephen
Are cars in the USA made different. I have an 88 5000CDTQ Avent and I have
no Allen key that I have had to deal with when changing strut cartridges
Regards Bill .


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> From: Stephen Jagernauth <ATTDCS!TMBWPO1!sjagernaut@dcstm1.attmail.com>
> To: 'qlist' <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
> Subject: strut tool, again??
> Date: November 15, 1996 6:19 AM
> 
> 
>  "Ron Angert" <rangert@ntas1.rdp.vt.edu>  wrote:
> 
> >    Thanks to this list I have the source to buy a strut tool.  When I
> >called the company a lady there told me that it was a 22mm special
> >wrench.
> >Could someone tell me the function of this thing, and if someone has
one
> >that no longer needs it I am willing to buy it.  I was quoted $36 plus
> >$4 shipping.  Does this sound right?
> 
> You do NOT need to buy the special tool for the top 22mm nut
encapulating 
> the inset Allen (7mm?) top of the strut insert.   I used a 22mm box
wrench 
> and a regular Allen wrench but you will get more torque with the special

> tool.   BTW, Snap-On carries THAT tool for $10.   I used a pipe on both 
> wrenches to get more torque.  I stripped 1 insert (the Allen head) and
ended 
> up cutting the nut off since the new inserts comes with nuts.
> 
> Be careful, Ivana from Zelenda only sells the tools, she doesn't know
the 
> application.  I bought a wrong tool this way.    Anyone wants 2 new
unused 
> Audi spring compressor tools: 2070 and 2070/1 for compressing springs
and 
> removing struts outside the car?  New cost is $89, will sell for $60.
> 
> The tool you DO need is tool #2069 "damper wrench" which is a long
hollow 
> pipe with a large Allen head on the end.  This removes the strut cap. 
Cost 
> $35.   I wrote up some tips less than 2 weeks ago.  Check the archives
or 
> let me know and I'll send it again.   Definitely worth it in time
savings.
> 
> >As I understand it this tool allows changing the strut cartridges
> >withour taking the front end apart, weight on wheels.  Will this method
> >allow one to put in new strut boots too?
> 
> Yes, boots and bump stops but not strut bearings.
> 
> >Is this something that will require alignment afterwards?
> 
> Yes.  See tips on marking struts to approximate alignment until you get
it 
> aligned.
> 
> I have a Zelenda tool catalog so I can look up any tool as needed. 
Bentley 
> is not always clear on application of special tools or maybe it's just
me.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Steve Jagernauth sjagernauth@attmail.com