Can't get the nut off the top of my front strut
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Can't get the nut off the top of my front strut
trying to swap out stock shocks for konis yet cant get the top nut that holds the shock together off. I tried an impact gun, a box wrench while holding the screw with another wrench and no luck.
any suggestions?
any suggestions?
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how do you with the spring in the way? Also I did it with just the impact gun and it didn't seem to spin the shock and it didn't loosen it either. I was using 110 psi yet have a small tank so that may be the problem.
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As King Tut has said, using a spring compressor is the key. Once the spring preload is restrained, I found it easy to use a 17 mm socket to remove the nut. BTW- there's an four page article in the Fall '04 issue of Sport Z Magazine which covers the installation of the Koni 8241 Sport shock kit.
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I used to have that problem on my sentra se-r spec v when I changed the springs out... did it a bunch of times and had troublem with the strut nut (that rhymes....heh) every time!
Here's the easiest way to do it. You need a strap wrench to hold the shaft of the strut because its probably spinning when you turn the nut... so tighten the strap wrench onto the shaft then hold the bottom of the strut with your feet. Then turn the nut with your ratchet or wrench while holding onto the strap wrench...
This is easier with two people because you can have someone else hold the strap wrench and you can really get a better grip in the strut.
Give it a shot, thats what always worked for me.
Here's the easiest way to do it. You need a strap wrench to hold the shaft of the strut because its probably spinning when you turn the nut... so tighten the strap wrench onto the shaft then hold the bottom of the strut with your feet. Then turn the nut with your ratchet or wrench while holding onto the strap wrench...
This is easier with two people because you can have someone else hold the strap wrench and you can really get a better grip in the strut.
Give it a shot, thats what always worked for me.
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well I took the car into tire man and had them put the fronts on, and they just called me and told me they blew up one of the new front struts while seating the nut they heated it up or something. this is a big bummer, cause I got the pro solo event tomorrow.
thanks for all your guys input and suggestions
thanks for all your guys input and suggestions
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Originally Posted by King Tut
Hold the shock shaft with pliers so it doesn't spin and then use the impact gun on the top nut.
just use the impact gun, it will come right off
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