RE: Tool 2069

["Hare,Stott (X)" <HAREST@allenbrook.iix.com>]

I concur with Mike.  I have a chain pipe wrench from Sears that works
wonders.
Though with the cheater pipe on the end of the wrench, holding the strut
down is
a challenge.
On the really stubborn ones, I set up with  a cold chisel and a 3lb
mallet.  Chisel
the cap CCW and she'll come off before she knows it.  Course it helps to
have a
replacement cap ready.  Once you've vented your frustrations, you'll
usually find
you've vented the cap as well...  Most decent shocks come with a new cap
tho.

Good Luck!

-Stott

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Mark Pollan [SMTP:Mark.POLLAN@MCI.COM]
> Sent:	Friday, December 12, 1997 10:19 AM
> To:	Hare,Stott (X); bobkunz
> Cc:	image_one; quattro
> Subject:	Re: Tool 2069
> 
> 
> If the cap is too tight for channel locks try a pipe wrench.  That's
> what I used last time and worked like a champ.
> 
> Mark P
> 
> Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 09:57:51 -0500 (EST)
> From: bobkunz <bobkunz@earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: Tool 2069
> Sender: owner-quattro <owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
> To: image_one <image_one@earthlink.net>
> Cc: quattro <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
> Message-id: <01IR39UPC8CO9GV84I@dgi0ig.mcimail.com>
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> 
> At 03:10 PM 12/11/97 -0800, you wrote:
> >Any one in Q-land have a good source for tool 2069 for removing the
> >front shocks?
> 
> I ended up using the channel lock method for removing the
> shocks on my '86 5k. Other than residual tooth marks on the
> cap I thought it was just as easy as the tool would have
> allowed. You do it from the wheel well rather than the 
> top of the shock tower.
> 
> --bob
> 
>