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Bilstein install help please



Wonder why you couldn't drill a hole in the bottom of the housing (on
the end of the cylinder), insert a rod of some sort, and beat it out
that way?  With an insert, there's no reason that the tube has to be
sealed anymore.

HTH, and HIR (Hope I'm Right)

Cheapass Ron

--- Rick Alexander <rick@brubakerbox.com> wrote:
> 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
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> 
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