Strut Bearing/Shaft Problem

[ansonivan at yahoo.com (Anson Clement)]

Oy, 'nother trick is to jack the car up, grab the shock shaft with some massive vise grips and have at with your 22 mil.
 
If the shock's protective boots are still in place just get creative with a dremel, torch, or whatever implements of destruction you have laying about.
 
Hehe, I said shaft.
 
Anson

Chris Bennett <scirocco16vr32@gmail.com> wrote:
heh... this may be a good excuse to con(vince) the old lady that I need an 
air compressor. 

On 4/28/05, Brett Van Sprewenburg 
wrote: 
> 
> 
> 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
> 



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