Spring Help PLEASE>>
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Spring Help PLEASE>>
I am in the middle of installing spring on my civic and I need help. I am trying to remove the center bolt on top of the shock assembly. It said to use a 5mm allen wrench to hold and a 14 mm wrench to turn it. Well all I had was a 3/16. All it's to small and a 7/32 is to big. Now I think the allen key bolt is stripped. How do I get it out??????
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Re: Spring Help PLEASE>> (clutch33)
I've done this before, more than once. I hate those nuts.
I got lucky and powered it off with an impact wrench. The other time I just sawed it off. But, I only need the top hats in that instance.
And once again, this happened to a friend. We sawed it off and bought a new strut. Gabriel brand at Autozone, $70 or something, it performs well enough. You are right down the street from one right? off of rt 40?
I got lucky and powered it off with an impact wrench. The other time I just sawed it off. But, I only need the top hats in that instance.
And once again, this happened to a friend. We sawed it off and bought a new strut. Gabriel brand at Autozone, $70 or something, it performs well enough. You are right down the street from one right? off of rt 40?
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Re: Spring Help PLEASE>> (clutch33)
If you stripped it, saw it off. Other than that, I can't tell you. Cause you don't have any wrench's that fit. Unless you can get a hand on an impact gun.
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Re: Spring Help PLEASE>> (clutch33)
get some more alan wrenches and see if one fits better. You mey have to hammer it in to get it to fit. Otherwise, cut the nut off.
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Re: Spring Help PLEASE>> (nonsense)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nonsense »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">get some more alan wrenches and see if one fits better. You mey have to hammer it in to get it to fit. Otherwise, cut the nut off.
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I hammered mine in there. Friend sawed his off. Either way should help. Ghetto but w.e.
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I hammered mine in there. Friend sawed his off. Either way should help. Ghetto but w.e.
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Re: Spring Help PLEASE>> (Blk_Guy_N_S3DAN)
ran into this problem a week ago swapping springs out........im just gonna buy new struts and springs now......
if i were u, i would saw that shiet off.......i tried two allen wrenches and it stripped the inside of the strut each time.
if i were u, i would saw that shiet off.......i tried two allen wrenches and it stripped the inside of the strut each time.
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