RE: Strut cap removal tool?

["Perry, Chris" <chris.perry@weyerhaeuser.com>]

For what it's worth, when I did the front strut bearings on my 89 90q  I
used a 22mm angled boxed-end wrench (Sears Craftsmen, ~7.00) and an 8mm(I'd
have to go home and verify) allen-head socket.  I put the box-end around the
nut, the allen socket in the strut (shaft?) and twisted.  

For the wife's Passat the procedure was the same except I used a 6mm allen
head socket.  I haven't done the rears on my 90q.

Chris Perry


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	From:  Gary Erickson [SMTP:erickson@teleport.com]
	Sent:  Friday, October 15, 1999 12:24 PM
	To:  Orin Eman
	Cc:  quattro@audifans.com
	Subject:  Re: Strut cap removal tool?

	Orin Eman wrote:

	> Now which car do you need this for?  I didn't know the 2069 was
	> for anything but the type 44.

	Orin,

	FYI -- The 2069 is exactly the right size for the strut caps on the
	_rear_ of the '89 80q that I'm working on (and therefore I would
assume
	that it would work on the rear of the 4kq's as well).

	The fronts are a different story.  The diameter of the cap is
smaller
	and therefore has a smaller hex opening in the cap which the 2060
won't
	fit.  The Zelenda catalog (who BTW, have a very limited website at
	http://www.zelenda.com) that I got from Scott shows a different tool
for
	these.  (Similar in appearance, just different dimensions.)

	Luckily I was able to remove the front caps with a set of big effin'
	pliers; they weren't stuck on like the rears.

	Just for future reference,

	-Gary

	'85 turbo GT coupe (just don't use WOT in first gear!)
	'89 80q (new struts - now where the hell did I put the tie-rods?!)
	'89 200q (keeps goin' and goin' and goin' . . . . . )