just a quickie

[bigg_vin]

im changing my front springs.....

no matter what i do, i cannot loosen the top bolt on the strut.... is there a trick to it?

the whole shocker just keeps turning......

will an impact gun do the trick? (all i need is an air compressor!)

 

[craigvk]

Probably a combination of large vice grips and a spanner should do it. I can't picture it at the moment. I have seen it done before though but can't quite remember.

 

[bigg_vin]

ive tried with vice grips and with the spring compressed and not compressed...... put a breaker bar on the end but still all i get is spinnage!!!

 

[craigvk]

You are using a spring compressor right?! You need to compress the spring first, take the top off and then withdraw the spring assembly with it still compressed, then replace the strut and put it all back.

 

[calais_cruzin]

a rattle gun is about the only thing that gets em off easily...try wack it with spanner to jar the nut it may help it com off if u cant get a hold of rattle gun

 

[atrail308]

i've come across the same problem heaps of times, without a rattle gun one of the only other ways is to use a rag on the shaft and clamp is as hard as you can with vice grips / locking plyers...

 

[bigg_vin]

im using spring compressors, but not the machine...... just the 3 threaded hook things that you buy from bursons......

problem is that when i compress the spring, and try to take that top plate off, the bolt that holds the top plate on is connected to the inner strut of the shocker, and therefore the whole thing spins.

ill try with the rag, but i reckon ill have to wait till i can get a rattle gun, cos its pretty bloody tight!

thanks

 

[atrail308]

they're the only compressors i use as well...

 

[bigg_vin]

and you reckon a rag and vice grips will work? i acnt try at the moment cos its pissing down....

do you reconmend and substance to spray ont he top nut? ive tried wurth rost off ice, which is like a heavy duty crc....
thanks

 

[craigvk]

Inox seems to be the best I find. Let it penitrate into it.