Rear Suspension Q

[pb3vr6 at yahoo.com (Tonee Northam)]

I got the lower bolts out after letting them soak in Kroil and PB blaster, now the assemblies don't want to cooperate.

Rick Kellner <rfkellner@snet.net> wrote:  Tonee, the biggest problem I had with removing the rear shocks is
getting the lower bolt out! The nut will come off but the bolt may be
rusted to the sleeve in the shock. I had to carefully use a cutting
wheel to remove the metal around the rubber. You do not want the
cutting wheel to grab the rubber.
Rick.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tonee Northam [mailto:pb3vr6@yahoo.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 4:43 PM
To: Allyn; the list
Subject: RE: Rear Suspension Q

Thanks Al, they're down, now I'm soaking the lower bolts to get the 22
year-old rust off.

I've got a spare set off of my mk4 incase I snap these. They're 5mm
longer but should work incase "of".

Tonee

Allyn wrote:
Remove upper nuts with car on ground.
Jack up by center of axle beam.
Springs will decompress as car lifts, and won't have enough compression
to be a problem (including on reinstallation - though you
may need another helper to guide the strut shaft through the towers).
HTH
Al 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tonee Northam [mailto:pb3vr6@yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 3:42 PM
> To: the list
> Subject: Rear Suspension Q
> 
> Stupid question, but..
> 
> Do I need a spring compressor for the rear springs to 
> remove the rear struts or just drop the axle?
> 
> tia
> 
> Tonee
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