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 Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:18 am |
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Help! Lol im stuck changing my struts . The clamp that holds it in wont let go ive got the nut off but the bolt wont come out . Has any one had this or got an idea?
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:23 am |
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Have you tried knocking the bolt back through, with the nut screwed on a little to protect the threads? You can also try and use a chisel and drive it into the gap at the back to open it up so that the strut isnt being held in the top of the hub?
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:25 am |
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you mean the ball joint bolts?
just tap it out
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:32 am |
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Yea ive hammerd it and it wont budge . As for using a chisel I can get it in but cant really do anything with it due to having no room back there :s
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:38 am |
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| jamie_206 wrote: |
| Yea ive hammerd it and it wont budge . As for using a chisel I can get it in but cant really do anything with it due to having no room back there :s |
Bigger hammer is the answer 
To get more room to hit the chisel try and turn the hub to full lock so the back of the hub is closer to the front, so you get more room to use the hammer.
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:38 am |
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| Seabook wrote: |
you mean the ball joint bolts?
just tap it out |
No mate the clamp that holds the shock absorber to the hub
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:44 am |
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| richpowell91 wrote: |
| jamie_206 wrote: |
| Yea ive hammerd it and it wont budge . As for using a chisel I can get it in but cant really do anything with it due to having no room back there :s |
Bigger hammer is the answer
To get more room to hit the chisel try and turn the hub to full lock so the back of the hub is closer to the front, so you get more room to use the hammer. |
Good advice il give it a go !
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 11:51 am |
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As suggested, just try a bigger hammer. I t will have been in there a few years but it will come out with a good smack from a heavy hammer. I hope you've bought some new ones to replaced the old stuff?
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| 2001 GTi 138, Bilstein Sprint dampers, H&R springs, 21mm Peugeot Sport torsion bars, 22mm rear ARB, Peugeot Sport Group A wishbones, 283mm discs, Goodridge stainless hoses, Maniflow 304 grade 4-2-1 2.5" manifold and system, 200 cell cat, Richard Longman head, 45mm Jenvey throttle bodies, 9.5mm TB spacers, 90mm air horns, Jenvey throttle linkage, Jenvey fuel rail, Aeromotive and Goodridge fuel fittings and braided hose, ITG sausage filter, Radtec custom radiator, Piper Ultimate Road cams, Piper vernier pulleys, Omex 600 ECU. Saxo electric PAS pump, Vibra Technics engine mounts. Samco coolant hoses, TTV steel flywheel, 4.76 final drive ratio, 307 CC 180 ratios. 2019 BMW 530i. 2017 Mercedes C300 convertible. | |
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 1:39 pm |
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It didnt work !  only replaced them last year didnt think they would be so jammed! And yea I got all new bits .
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 1:50 pm |
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Did you use copper grease on them?
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| 2001 GTi 138, Bilstein Sprint dampers, H&R springs, 21mm Peugeot Sport torsion bars, 22mm rear ARB, Peugeot Sport Group A wishbones, 283mm discs, Goodridge stainless hoses, Maniflow 304 grade 4-2-1 2.5" manifold and system, 200 cell cat, Richard Longman head, 45mm Jenvey throttle bodies, 9.5mm TB spacers, 90mm air horns, Jenvey throttle linkage, Jenvey fuel rail, Aeromotive and Goodridge fuel fittings and braided hose, ITG sausage filter, Radtec custom radiator, Piper Ultimate Road cams, Piper vernier pulleys, Omex 600 ECU. Saxo electric PAS pump, Vibra Technics engine mounts. Samco coolant hoses, TTV steel flywheel, 4.76 final drive ratio, 307 CC 180 ratios. 2019 BMW 530i. 2017 Mercedes C300 convertible. | |
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 5:52 pm |
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Yea I think so . It seems like the clamp is pinching the bolt . I got the strut out by about 1cm but it wouldnt come any more .
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Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:44 pm |
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just changed the 180 suspension to coilovers getting old ones out were a pig but i took trackrod off and spring clamps helped a treat then u just pull the hub and turn it and just keep f*****g around and it will come out 
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Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:54 pm |
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Did you take the hub off the wishbone first?
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| 2001 GTi 138, Bilstein Sprint dampers, H&R springs, 21mm Peugeot Sport torsion bars, 22mm rear ARB, Peugeot Sport Group A wishbones, 283mm discs, Goodridge stainless hoses, Maniflow 304 grade 4-2-1 2.5" manifold and system, 200 cell cat, Richard Longman head, 45mm Jenvey throttle bodies, 9.5mm TB spacers, 90mm air horns, Jenvey throttle linkage, Jenvey fuel rail, Aeromotive and Goodridge fuel fittings and braided hose, ITG sausage filter, Radtec custom radiator, Piper Ultimate Road cams, Piper vernier pulleys, Omex 600 ECU. Saxo electric PAS pump, Vibra Technics engine mounts. Samco coolant hoses, TTV steel flywheel, 4.76 final drive ratio, 307 CC 180 ratios. 2019 BMW 530i. 2017 Mercedes C300 convertible. | |
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