in the process of swapping struts in my ke70

got a bit stuck

 

i have the strut out of the car, just can't manage to undo the shock ( the top bolt that holds the head of the shock)

any suggestions?

Are you talking about the nut that hold the strut top to the shaft?

rattle gun or miltigrips..

Are you talking about the nut that hold the strut top to the shaft?

 

yep thats the one

should i just grab the shaft of the shock with multigrips and go for it?

Make sure you use spring compressors unless you want the strut top to rip through your head and take it clean off..

 

You will need a rattle gun to undo it..

Make sure you use spring compressors unless you want the strut top to rip through your head and take it clean off..

 

You will need a rattle gun to undo it..

 

yes using spring compressors :P

 

don't have a rattle gun, il have to give the multigrips a go

done this soooo many times, you DO NOT need a rattle gun.

Firstly mount the spring compressors opposite each other on the spring,

Then put the strut into the vice horizontily and firmly put the vicegrips on to the strut top.

Get somone to hold the vice grips or if your vice isn't too high lean them up againt the table that the vice is mounted to.

Then get your trusty breaker bar or ratchet with about a meter of exhaust tube or something for extra leverage.

Then WOLA... works for me everytime. :P

Make sure you use spring compressors unless you want the strut top to rip through your head and take it clean off..

haha what a joke, ive done it a dozen times without using spring compressors. The top hat hardly pops off the top when undone.

 

If the strut is out the car, the spring is only just captive and under hardly any pressure so it wont fly off when undone. Ive even managed to put struts back together without spring compressors.

If the strut is out the car, the spring is only just captive and under hardly any pressure so it wont fly off when undone. Ive even managed to put struts back together without spring compressors.

 

HAHA yeah i wasted my $40 on spring compressors just to get my standards out, i replaced them with cut ef's... uncaptiveness, before anyone says anything they are in my rally car very well zipp tied in :P

it alot different with bigger struts that are under more stress like a commondore or falcdog srings!!!

got it

spring compressor's hooked up

cabletied a set of multigrips to the strut top

stood on multigrips

used my big torque wrench and a big roll of cardboard as a breaker bar :P

Edited February 22, 200917 yr by OniBerserker

hit another bump

 

steering arm doesn't want to come off

tried spraying it with wd40 then did what gregory's book said. put a support under one side of the eye and hit the other side repeatedly to break loose

 

but nothing... think i might need a bigger hammer

Hit the steering arm really hard side on, the shock will force it to come apart..

I always get stuck with steering arms.

Have to get my boss to do it for me every time :)

I think I need to go to a gym.

Make sure you use spring compressors unless you want the strut top to rip through your head and take it clean off..

 

You will need a rattle gun to undo it..

 

x2

 

if someone is asking how to do it first time, this is the right advice :)