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Originally Posted by equalme I picked up a 30" breaker bar earlier...going to try again tomorrow. Think I should go pick up a long *** pipe as well? I needed

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Old 12-14-2013, 11:44 PM   #121 (permalink)
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I picked up a 30" breaker bar earlier...going to try again tomorrow. Think I should go pick up a long *** pipe as well?

I needed it to get mine off


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Old 12-15-2013, 01:31 AM   #122 (permalink)
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I picked up a 30" breaker bar earlier...going to try again tomorrow. Think I should go pick up a long *** pipe as well?
I use my floor jack handle. It slides right over my breaker bar. Works like a champ.
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Old 12-15-2013, 07:58 PM   #123 (permalink)
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I am having trouble tighten the top strut nut....any suggestion??!!!
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What kind of trouble? It just won't turn, or you can't get to it or something?

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Got that sob bolt off using 30" breaker bar and 48" steel tube to slip over it. Sadly I somehow lost my wheel lock key after using it yesterday...thinking I might have left it on the wheel after torquing and fell off when I went for a test drive. I ended up having to hammer a socket into it and was able to get it off that way.
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What kind of trouble? It just won't turn, or you can't get to it or something?

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The shaft just spin and the nut won't turn. I tried to use harbor freight electric impact gun on it, but no luck
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That's how I tighten it.
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The shaft just spin and the nut won't turn. I tried to use harbor freight electric impact gun on it, but no luck
I used vice grips to hold it in place and then tighten the nut.
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How do you pull out the spring after lower perch down?
Do you need to use the spring compressor?
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How do you pull out the spring after lower perch down?
Do you need to use the spring compressor?
just pull the perch down and yank the spring out. don't need to compress anything
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just pull the perch down and yank the spring out. don't need to compress anything
Got it. I was just scare to break something. :-)

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How much torque do you use to loose the 14mm nut holding the strut top on? I have a impact wrench 250lb of torque and is not loosening it ? The springs is compressed also.
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How much torque do you use to loose the 14mm nut holding the strut top on? I have a impact wrench 250lb of torque and is not loosening it ? The springs is compressed also.
you have to compress the spring more and use a wrench to hold the piston, not just spin it like crazy.
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does anybody know what is the part number for the 14mm lower strut mount plate bolts? I think I might of strip it a little trying to take it off
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