#1: Suspension strut clamp Author: jamie_206, Location: DoncasterPosted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:18 am ---- 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?
#2: Re: Suspension strut clamp Author: richpowell91, Location: Melton Mowbray LeicestershirePosted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:23 am ---- 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?
#3: Re: Suspension strut clamp Author: Seabook, Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:25 am ---- you mean the ball joint bolts?
just tap it out
#4: Re: Suspension strut clamp Author: jamie_206, Location: DoncasterPosted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:32 am ---- 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
#5: Re: Suspension strut clamp Author: richpowell91, Location: Melton Mowbray LeicestershirePosted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:38 am ----
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.
#6: Re: Suspension strut clamp Author: jamie_206, Location: DoncasterPosted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:38 am ----
Seabook wrote:
you mean the ball joint bolts?
just tap it out
No mate the clamp that holds the shock absorber to the hub
#7: Re: Suspension strut clamp Author: jamie_206, Location: DoncasterPosted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:44 am ----
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 !
#8: Re: Suspension strut clamp Author: Edward, Location: In the garagePosted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 11:51 am ---- 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?
#9: Re: Suspension strut clamp Author: jamie_206, Location: DoncasterPosted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 1:39 pm ---- It didnt work ! only replaced them last year didnt think they would be so jammed! And yea I got all new bits .
#10: Re: Suspension strut clamp Author: Edward, Location: In the garagePosted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 1:50 pm ---- Did you use copper grease on them?
#11: Re: Suspension strut clamp Author: jamie_206, Location: DoncasterPosted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 5:52 pm ---- 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 .
#12: Re: Suspension strut clamp Author: dalton-gti-180, Location: hampshirePosted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:44 pm ---- 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
#13: Re: Suspension strut clamp Author: Edward, Location: In the garagePosted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:54 pm ---- Did you take the hub off the wishbone first?
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only replaced them last year didnt think they would be so jammed! And yea I got all new bits .
