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Offline ddevil

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front strut top nut...
« on: July 02, 2006, 10:20:38 AM »
ok, i i got my spring spacers in and now i just need to flip my strut mount.  question is what's the easiest way to get the dang top nut off the strut so i can take the strut mount off?  i see that there is a big 'washer' thing that looks kinda like a nut,  but my biggest wrench is only 1 1/4"  still not big enough to fit the 'washer'.  any ideas here.  i'm about to say screw flipping them and just make a mount spacer somehow but i'm not sure that's a good idea either cause it'd probably need to be pretty straight and i don't have a drill press.  so how's about it?  how do i get this nut off?  thanks

mike

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Re: front strut top nut...
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2006, 11:22:45 AM »
Impact wrench, or a pipe wrench to hold the nut
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Re: front strut top nut...
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2006, 11:34:44 AM »
i'll try a pipe wrench, thanks.  let ya know how it goes.  if that doesn't work i guess i'll have to take the strut completely off and throw the washer/nut in a vise.

mike
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Re: front strut top nut...
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2006, 12:27:23 PM »
Pipe wrench on the nut shapped washer, not the shaft of the strut
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Re: front strut top nut...
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2006, 05:12:32 PM »
done, thanks brother.... got my 2" lift all done and it's sweet...

mike
'95 geo tracker 2dr 5spd soft top with 2" suspension lift