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Detailed Front Spring Removal!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="006" data-source="post: 9835290" data-attributes="member: 5015"><p>Have you seen my brake write up threads?</p><p></p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p></p><p>I make it easy for all ;-)</p><p></p><p>The OP's method is suitable for bilstein struts only...however, if you happen to have any other brands of struts, you're gonna have a VERY difficult time getting that top strut bolt to come loose and normally a trip to some auto shop equipped with an impact gun to get the bolt loose are the norm. </p><p></p><p>The top strut bolts do not have an allen key opening like the bilsteins. They come with a slit (for a flat head screwdriver), and trying to get that bolt out is virtually impossible with trying to use the screw driver slit. Also, constant rotation of the strut piston will damage the strut, so screwing with the piston for a spring install is not the way I advise anyone to do it...specially if they're relying on a forum write-up thread.</p><p></p><p>Taking the bottom two strut bolts out is the easiest, safest and most fool-proof method.</p><p></p><p>Here are some pics of when I performed a friend's GF's Mach lowering job 5 years ago:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/3282/img0259t.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/4980/img0261p.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/5227/img0263kr.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/6977/img0264q.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="006, post: 9835290, member: 5015"] Have you seen my brake write up threads? :-p I make it easy for all ;-) The OP's method is suitable for bilstein struts only...however, if you happen to have any other brands of struts, you're gonna have a VERY difficult time getting that top strut bolt to come loose and normally a trip to some auto shop equipped with an impact gun to get the bolt loose are the norm. The top strut bolts do not have an allen key opening like the bilsteins. They come with a slit (for a flat head screwdriver), and trying to get that bolt out is virtually impossible with trying to use the screw driver slit. Also, constant rotation of the strut piston will damage the strut, so screwing with the piston for a spring install is not the way I advise anyone to do it...specially if they're relying on a forum write-up thread. Taking the bottom two strut bolts out is the easiest, safest and most fool-proof method. Here are some pics of when I performed a friend's GF's Mach lowering job 5 years ago: [IMG]http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/3282/img0259t.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/4980/img0261p.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/5227/img0263kr.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/6977/img0264q.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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