RE: 4kcsq strut removal (In process, please respond quick, Thanks)

["George W. Selby, III" <IsuzuG@prodigy.net>]

I do have impact gun, the mechanics friend.  Strut out, thanks.

George Selby
78 F-150 400M, 4 on floor, 4x4
86 Audi 4000CS Quattro
IsuzuG@prodigy.net

-----Original Message-----
From:	Frank de Kat [SMTP:fdekat@sentex.net]
Sent:	Monday, August 23, 1999 1:53 PM
To:	IsuzuG@prodigy.net
Subject:	Re: 4kcsq strut removal (In process, please respond quick, Thanks) 

At 12:35 PM 23/08/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Do I need to compress the spring before I loosen the top nut? 
Fortunatly, no.

> I have 
>everything loose from the strut except the top and bottom.  The bottom 
>(ball joint) is no problem, however most struts I have seen are held to the 
>cas with 3 nuts, and a seperate nuts hold the assembly together. 
Top nut (That is in the middle of the metal 'cup', under the hood) holds
the cup on. There is some other 'hidden' thing you have to undo, once the
strut is out, and the spring is compressed (Same front &
 back)

> Audi does both with one nut.
Not quite. There is some sort of 'other nut' or threaded ring that holds
the spring tension.

>  So how do I get the strut out without killing myself?
Undo the big nut. And if you use an air gun, or electric impact wrench, you
dont have to worry about using an allen key in the hex in the middle of the
strut nut. Otherwise, it's loads of fun...

I just had all of mine out to do the wheel bearings...

Regards,

Frank de Kat 
fdekat@sentex.net   
Dundas, Ontario, Canada

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