Bilstein install help please

[rick@brubakerbox.com (Rick Alexander)]

Generally not a big job. The BFH might distort the strut housing which will
only compound my problem. Heat might be dangerous because I don't know if
this strut is nitrogen charged or not. Even if it isn't it might boil the
oil out of it and start a nasty fire. Worst case scenario I'll have to get
another housing. Unfortunately I'm scheduled to AutoX this coming Sunday and
I don't want to miss the season opener.

Rick Alexander
http://www.brubakerbox.com
http://clubs.hemmings.com/hams/
http://clubs.hemmings.com/vwsrus/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Hignight" <Josh.Hignight@phoenix.edu>
To: "'Rick Alexander'" <rick@brubakerbox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 7:34 PM
Subject: RE: Bilstein install help please


> Heat and BFG are the only things I can think of. There's not a screw/nut
on
> the bottom is there (lucky enough to have never done inserts myself).
>
> Joshua Hignight
> Student Services/Technical Services
> New Mexico Campus
> (505) 821-4800
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Alexander [mailto:rick@brubakerbox.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 5:21 PM
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Bilstein install help please
>
> I'm refreshing the front of Rolling Roc ('87 16v). I'm installing Bilstein
> sport inserts and a 22mm sway bar. I've done this many times but I've
never
> had a strut cartridge refuse to come out of the carrier. The retaining nut
> is off. I've re-installed the spring in hopes that it will pull the insert
> out but no dice. I don't want to hit it much more for fear of bending the
> strut housing. I don't want to put heat on it for the obvious reasons. Do
> any of you have another trick to get the strut out?
>
> Rick Alexander
> http://www.brubakerbox.com
> http://clubs.hemmings.com/hams/
> http://clubs.hemmings.com/vwsrus/
>
>
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