From: Willy Eckerslyke on 4 Jul 2008 04:22 Dunnit! I just removed the front strut completely and replaced the coil spring with a new one, which went a lot smoother than I'd expected. Job done in 2 hours. It's worrying how much you have to compress the spring to fit - just as well the spring compressors I'd bought were decent ones with properly shaped hooks. A reminder to anyone else removing a strut from a FWD car, don't forget to secure the driveshaft to prevent it pulling out. My excuse is that I'm more used to working on older cars that are driven by the correct wheels!
From: Mrcheerful on 4 Jul 2008 04:25 Willy Eckerslyke wrote: > Dunnit! > I just removed the front strut completely and replaced the coil spring > with a new one, which went a lot smoother than I'd expected. Job done > in 2 hours. It's worrying how much you have to compress the spring to > fit - just as well the spring compressors I'd bought were decent ones > with properly shaped hooks. > > A reminder to anyone else removing a strut from a FWD car, don't > forget to secure the driveshaft to prevent it pulling out. My excuse > is that I'm more used to working on older cars that are driven by the > correct wheels! I often use a couple of pairs of mole grips to stop the drive shaft falling out of the gearbox
From: Willy Eckerslyke on 4 Jul 2008 05:02 Mrcheerful wrote: >> A reminder to anyone else removing a strut from a FWD car, don't >> forget to secure the driveshaft to prevent it pulling out. My excuse >> is that I'm more used to working on older cars that are driven by the >> correct wheels! > > I often use a couple of pairs of mole grips to stop the drive shaft falling > out of the gearbox Now he tells me!
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