Front Strut Replacement Question

[rapieper@yahoo.com (Ron Pieper)]

Tosha:

Some tips on the vise/channellock technique:
-Careful when holding the strut housing by the flanges.  You can
squeeze too tight, bending them together, and make reinstallation
difficult.
-If you don't have a sufficient vise/bench, try reinstalling the
springless housing onto the hub carrier and let the car hold it for
you.
-Use a 2' or 3' bar on the longer (outer) arm of the big-arsed
channellocks...save your back and get *gobs* of torque.  Works every
time for me.

G/L,

Ron
--- T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> How hard is it going to be to separate the old shocks from the struts
> in
> changing the front shocks?
> 
> Any tips, horror stories? btw- This isn't a salted car, I'm in
> California. 
> 
> 
> TBerk
> 81 Scirocco 8v
> 
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