Fwd: Audi tech bulletin

[QSHIPQ@aol.com]

spelling error corrected
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Forwarded message:
Subj:    Re: Audi tech bulletin
Date:    97-02-19 08:05:07 EST
From:    QSHIPQ
To:      shields@tembel.org
CC:      quattro@copimbra.ans.net

In a message dated 97-02-19 02:50:50 EST, you write:

<< > I could achieve your strut manipulations simply by using a 22mm "box
 > spanner" and driving it from the outside of the other end with an
 > adjustable, inserting a 6mm Allen driver on a medium length
 > extension straight through the middle.  No need to manufacture anything.
 
 Would this also be called a "peg spanner"?  The Haynes manual says you
 can remove the strut that way, which I didn't understand because of
 the terminology.
 -- 
 Shields. >>
Whoa kids, a couple of things to think about....  1) the allen wrench for the
struts is 7mm....  2) When pulling old struts, don't bother with the allen, 9
times out of 10 you will destroy either the allen (just a bummer) or round
the hole in the strut.  

IF you are NOT reinstalling same struts:

*  Take those Vice Grips (AT1), lock them on the shaft of the strut, and use
a 22mm socket (frt) or 19mm (rr)....  For install of new, You don't need any
fancy stuff, since the torque spec is <50ft/lbs, the allen has barely got any
stress on it....

HTH

Scott