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M2RTY
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3rd May 03 at 12:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
GTF with GC, i need help now


it wont budge, tried everything, molegrips on the bar etc etc - no fucking luck

how do u do it?

haynez manuals are shit

marv
Andy4B
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3rd May 03 at 12:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Elbow grease
Jambo
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3rd May 03 at 12:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i found it easier if there were 2 people doing it. One holding the strut the other using the spanners to twist in oppo directions to release it.
Drew
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3rd May 03 at 12:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
compress springs

undo with a windy gun - very simple way - ya wont have much luck getting it off with a spanner
LoudandProud
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3rd May 03 at 12:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
compress the spring, use a ring spanner for bolt and a 6mm (maybe 8mm) for the top bit, turn in opposite directions m8 using the force! works for me

[Edited on 03-05-2003 by LoudandSlow]
Jambo
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Drew, ive done mine 3 times with spanners, no propbs here????
M2RTY
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drew, the full thing spins tho

im grinding the strut off, lol, in between the coils
M2RTY
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thats with clamps on and a fuck off big bar
Drew
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quote:
Originally posted by M2RV H
drew, the full thing spins tho

im grinding the strut off, lol, in between the coils


wont with windygun - it will spin it off
M2RTY
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dont av1
wezjax
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3rd May 03 at 13:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
take it to a garage and let them loosen it.

cost you about £2.
jay@ffwd
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3rd May 03 at 13:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
we got stuck with this, had to grind the shock in half to get it out in the end luckily i was replacing the shock
Marc
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3rd May 03 at 14:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Be fucked if u werent!!
jay@ffwd
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this is steve106gti using jays SN by the way hahahaaha
Marc
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3rd May 03 at 14:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Ul cause him to ave an accident!....
Steve
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muhahahah
wezjax
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to do it by hand you need a 18mm ringspanner with a bend in (took us 2 hours to find a shop that had one) and an 8mm or 6mm spanner.
bit of brute force and jobs a good un.

if they're stuck then garage's air gun thing is easiest way.
anz
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3rd May 03 at 16:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
oh dear marv, i had this prob when fitting my shocks, went to hallfords and they did it for a fiver, need a special tool

 
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