Re: Strut cap removal tool?

[Robert Myers <rmyers@inetone.net>]

Gary,

For a whole lot less than $200 you could build one.  You need a piece of
pipe sufficiently large enough that you can grind s hex head on so that it
will work inside the cap and long enough to reach above the top of the
strut column when it's inside the cap.  That and a BF'n pipe wrench should
getcha going.

At 07:26 AM 10/14/1999 -0700, Gary Erickson wrote:
>Does anybody have any info about where to find the strut cap removal
>tool (Audi # 2069/a)?
>
>I've tried the usual alternatives including a pipe wrench and a big F'in
>pair of channel-locks but the damn thing just won't budge.  I'm thinking
>I might actually have to resort to purchasing the tool so that I can
>attack it with my impact wrench to break it loose.
>
>Also interested if anybody has one to loan (especially in the PNW) since
>the only price reference I've seen on this tool was a comment from Scott
>J. in Dec '96 that said he paid in the neighborhood of $200 for it.
>
>Comments and suggestions are always welcome.
>
>Thanks!
>
>-Gary
>
>'85 turbo GT coupe
>'89 80q (with stubborn strut caps)
>'89 200q
>
>
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   Bob
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