Re: Tool 2069

[Sandy Duffy <sandyduffy@home.com>]

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>From: MHLIGGINS <MHLIGGINS@aol.com>
>Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 14:32:13 EST
>To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject: Tool 2069
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>     Is that the one they show in the pictures in the Bentley manual that is
>supposed to be used to unscrew the cap that hold the shock in the strut of a
>5K?  If it is, you don't need one.  You can reach through the spring (from
the
>side of the car) with a LARGE set of channel locks and unscrew the cap.
>Assembly is the reverse.  Assembly can also be a PITA due to the fine
>threading of the cap.  BTW, you should have gotten new caps with the shocks.
>     Once you get used to it, changing shocks on a 5K is a simply, quick
>chore.
>     (I read the book too, and was convinced that the tool was needed to
>change shocks.  Quattro Garage in Chanhassen showed me otherwise.)
>
I own the tool because I couldn't figure out a way to get 135 ftlbs of
torque on
that cap without it.  How do you the rest of you do it with out the tool?
I agree 
that disassembly is easy (if you don't mind dings and chew marks on the cap)
Reassembly  with the proper torque settings appears to need the tool.

Sandy