upper strut nut question...

[scirious@hotmail.com (Brian Haygood)]

I suppose I could have elaborated.  I use the impact to loosen it enough
that I can use a single wrench to finish.  If the nut doesn't come off
before the shaft spins, then you stop imediately, and put something like a
rubber strap around the shaft so it doesn't spin.  I do this with the struts
still installed on the car, so they don't tend to spin.

BH
----- Original Message -----
From: <jester@westfailure.net>
To: Brian Haygood <scirious@hotmail.com>
Cc: Michael Abatzis <abatzis2@hotmail.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: upper strut nut question...


> On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Brian Haygood wrote:
>
> > Impact wrench
>
> Bad idea on struts you care about i learned recently.
>
> When Undoing the nuts this way, if you plan to ever use the struts again,
> you can spin the shaft and this can a) damage the valves or b) unscrew the
> shaft from the valve (many struts screw together at the bottom.)
>
> So, if you dont care, impact it, on the new stuff do it the right way.
>
> take care,
>
> Steve
>
>
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