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Front strut cartridge removal


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First you need 'special' tools to remove them. To get the insulator off, bounce the front of the car a couple times, itll pop up, but its much easier to take the but off before you do this. Then you need the 'special' tool to take off the strut retaining nut then you can pull the strut out. And to put on back in is just the reverse. Its very simple to do.

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Checker rents them also, if you have one in your area. The one I rented had instructions on the inside cover.

 

I ran into a problem with the KYB's, whereas the large "alignment rod" in the tool kit that threads onto the end of the strut shaft had different threads on it than the KYB's. I aligned the strut/mount back into the strut tower by shaving down a large UNISTRUT "L" bracket so it fit inside the strut mount, then bolted it down against the mount. Worked great!

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Had to rent the (w-body removal) kit from crappy tire $200 deposit!!. However I ran into a major snag. My passenger side hex key part was stripped on the old gas strut. Since i live in apartment I had to use a hack saw and cut the nut in half. MONROE sensitrac was what I put in.

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Had to rent the (w-body removal) kit from crappy tire $200 deposit!!. However I ran into a major snag. My passenger side hex key part was stripped on the old gas strut. Since i live in apartment I had to use a hack saw and cut the nut in half. MONROE sensitrac was what I put in.

 

$200?!?!?! holy hell!! I bought mine off e-bay for $30!!

I'll be putting mine to use this winter (if I get it back from Q-ball)

 

Jamie

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Had to rent the (w-body removal) kit from crappy tire $200 deposit!!. However I ran into a major snag. My passenger side hex key part was stripped on the old gas strut. Since i live in apartment I had to use a hack saw and cut the nut in half. MONROE sensitrac was what I put in.

 

$200?!?!?! holy hell!! I bought mine off e-bay for $30!!

I'll be putting mine to use this winter (if I get it back from Q-ball)

 

Jamie

 

actually it was 235! beauty of it is when you bring it back assueming nothing is destroyed they give you the full amount back! Some asshole took the 50 hex key and put a smaller one in its place. I had to go buy that.

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Checker rents them also, if you have one in your area. The one I rented had instructions on the inside cover.

 

yeah i was just at Checker looking at the W-body strut tool they rent. i just ordered GR-2s last night.

 

I ran into a problem with the KYB's, whereas the large "alignment rod" in the tool kit that threads onto the end of the strut shaft had different threads on it than the KYB's. I aligned the strut/mount back into the strut tower by shaving down a large UNISTRUT "L" bracket so it fit inside the strut mount, then bolted it down against the mount. Worked great!

 

 

CRAP. i don't want to deal with this kind of problem...i might just have Midas put the struts in since the car has to go there for an alignment later anyway.

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