Bilstein install help please

[rick@brubakerbox.com (Rick Alexander)]

A hole in the bottom of the carrier might be just the ticket. I run the risk
of drilling the strut but it's going to the trash heap in any case. A hole
in the carrier might let any moisture out, then again it might introduce
moisture. Any one else ever try this?

Rick Alexander
http://www.brubakerbox.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Hignight" <Josh.Hignight@phoenix.edu>
To: "'Rick Alexander'" <rick@brubakerbox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 7:51 PM
Subject: RE: Bilstein install help please


> Oops, should have said BF-dead-blow-hammer :) I've been bad about leaving
> things out lately.
>
> I can see what you mean about heat, maybe a rosebud tip?
> Have you tried squirting some liquid wrench type stuff in there somehow?
> Maybe drill a small hole in the bottom of the housing (not the strut
itself)
> to relieve some pressure and have a place to try to tap at the back of the
> strut and squirt Liquid wrench...
>
> I dunno. Things I would do if I had to deal with that. Like I said though,
> I've never actually had to do that before.
>
> 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 5:35 PM
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: Bilstein install help please
>
> 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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