re: 4KQ strut removal?

["Ken Keith" <ken.keith@specialdevices.com>]

Martin Pajak pointed out:
>
> Ken Keith wrote:
> > 
> > If just the inserts, you could prolly get away with jacking the car up, 
> > undoing the top nut, the strut collar, and moving the hardware (strut 
> > bearing, that washer, and the spring top thingee) out of the way.
> 
> How are you going to do that with the spring's force holding 
> everything in?  Can't lower the strut low enough to allow the spring 
> to clear without removing it.
> Than how are you going to loosen the shock insert's nut/cap with 
> the spring in the way?  With the fender in the way it is a lot easier 
> to just undo exactly nine more bolts (four for wheel, two for 
> caliper, one for each driveshaft, tie rod, ball joint).

I did it, two weekends ago.  I've got the ABT springs, you couldn't do it 
with stock ones.  I should have included that tidbit!

I had no problem doing everything I wrote.  It was tight, but I didn't 
even take the wheels off!  There's enough space between the coils to get 
in there, and the springs are short enough (uncut) to pull the top 
hardware off.

With stock springs, you're gonna have to pull the whole darn thing apart.

Oops,

Ken