Strut Bearing/Shaft Problem

[brett at netacc.net (Brett Van Sprewenburg)]

Back in the Hand-Tool-Era before I got air tooled, I used one of those offset
22mm wrenches -but- here's the trick to getting it to fit properly.  I
used a grinder to notch out the back inner edge so it would fit down into
the top of the bearing recess.  Then I could use the allen key or small second
wrench to hold the strut shaft itself and keep it from spinning.  What you
do from  there after is obvious.

==Brett




At 8:49 AM -0400 4/28/05, Chris Bennett wrote:
>I am sure this has been beat to death a million times by now... Sorry,
>but can someone point me in the right direction for the tool needed to
>remove the nut from the top of the strut tower?!?  It's maddening... a
>22mm socket fits in there perfectly but you can't imobilize the
>shaft... an offset wrench ALMOST fits but not quite...
>
>AND YES... I have SPRING COMPRESSORS... LOL  I have been to Sears,
>every other tool place in town and I tell them this is for a Scirocco
>and I get the blank stare, nobody knows what a Scirocco is but they
>want to sell me a spring compressor for one!!!
>
>I am waiting for the SNAP-ON dude to call me back.  He's pretty sure
>that they make one, but he doesn't know if he has it.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>Chris