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Help with front struts(i need an alternative)
Help with front struts(i need an alternative) Hey guys one of my struts just doesnt want to loosen up. i think the nut is rusted to the base and the threads as well. it has soaked in a combo of wd 40 and deep creep for days and it still doesnt want to loosen. i tried to fit a saw in between to cut the rod n kinda fucked the side of the rubber mount up. my question is can i buy one someplace other than gm. i cant just hook vise grips up because the leverage isnt there for that method. it needs a breaker bar for sure... also you cant cut the shiney part of the rod cuz its really tuff steel. help with suggestions please.
On The Tree
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From: Ridgecrest Ca
Try a exhaust shop with a plasma cutter or a cutting torch. Only takes a minute and maybe able to get it done for free. GM is the only place i know of unless you can get one from a scrap yard.
Teching In
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From: Arizona
Just to clarify you're attempting to cut the retaining nut on the top of the strut to reuse the mounting bracket, right? If so, I was in a similar bind a week ago. I ended up placing the entire assembly in a vice and hitting the nut with an 800 ft/lb impact wrench. My next option was to use a dremel with a little cut wheel on the nut. Luckily the impact tools worked.
If you're interested in actually cutting the strut in half.... well I'd suggest a vise and a grinder with a cut wheel. I'm sure you've already done this, but just to confirm, make sure the spring is compressed, and anti-seize the new strut.
If you're interested in actually cutting the strut in half.... well I'd suggest a vise and a grinder with a cut wheel. I'm sure you've already done this, but just to confirm, make sure the spring is compressed, and anti-seize the new strut.
Last edited by Wisp; Aug 18, 2008 at 05:12 PM. Reason: reworded.
well i just got it off...im tellin you guys im ****** pissed, i got a bar on it and broke the nut free from the base but it just spun and spun and spun....so i beat the **** outta the end to get the socket off...the rod broke at the bottom of the nut. so problem solved right, wrong i started beating the mount to make it come off well the steel sleeve in the center welded itself to the rod. so i got the mount off but it tore off the stell center sleeve thing. now i need another one of those and i think it will still work. i was beating the **** outta it though, but it woulda broke reguardless due to the two pieces becoming one...i feel like im working on a mustang. what do you guys recommend to fix it now?
i think youre talking about the nut at the top by that rubber bushing. When i did mine it was stuck as well but i got a grinder out and cut off that nut. then just went and bought another one.
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Verdad Gallardo sweet thanks for the part numbers i was just gunna try and get a new steel cylinder thing to put in the inside of the mount. the stock steel thing wont come off the strut still. I got the other one in though so 75% of my strano koni kit is in. thanks for the quick replys guys, its appreciated!
