Re: Upper strut bearing is killing me!

[Dan Ruddick <druddick@vt.edu>]

>        So what have you guys out there done?  I thought about cutting a
>groove so I could use a screwdriver but I don't think I can get enough
>torque on it.  Or can I drill a hole and pound an allen wrench into it?
>Also, I don't want to ruin it so that a shop won't be able to work on it in
>case I have to go that route.  Is there a company that makes an offset
>wrench which is deep enough to get into the depression in the strut
>bearing?  Thanks for any help, benton-------

        Hate to say it, but I grabbed the strut shaft with a Vise Grip
through the spring and put an impact wrench to that sucker.  It worked.  At
any rate that it what the garage does anyway.  Of course, i was replacing my
struts and didn't care what happened to the strut shaft.

Dan

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