Re: Strut cap removal tool?

[Pat Korach <tm2@earthlink.net>]

Eyvind Spangen wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 07:26:22 -0700, you 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.
> 
> I made one myself by welding a nut of the right size (to put into the
> groove on top of the the threaded cap) onto a thick pipe and welding
> an old socket onto the top of the pipe. Voila, my own #2069, and it
> costed me about $1.. :-)
> 
> The caps are _really_ stuck on some cars, you'll probably need the air
> wrench..
> 
> ES

I got my strut cap removal tool from Linda's for about $35 or so.


Pat Korach
Kirkland, WA