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Bilstein install help please



These were not holed. They are now sitting under spring tension upside down
and full of Kroil. Of course the spring compressor is loosely fitted as I
don't want it becoming a missile in my garage. It's a dangerous enough place
as is.

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

----- Original Message -----
From: "brett cooke" <vwscir88@hotmail.com>
To: <rick@brubakerbox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: Bilstein install help please


> my housings already had a hole in them, with sort of a robber stopper to
> plug it up. thats why i suggested the wd40, i just assumed they were all
> like that.
>   hit
>
>
> >From: "Rick Alexander" <rick@brubakerbox.com>
> >To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> >Subject: Re: Bilstein install help please
> >Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 20:11:15 -0400
> >
> >I'm seriously considering the suggestion Josh mad of drilling a hole.
Small
> >at first to introduce some Kroil Larger later to beat it if necessary.
> >
> >Rick Alexander
> >http://www.brubakerbox.com
> >http://clubs.hemmings.com/hams/
> >http://clubs.hemmings.com/vwsrus/
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "brett cooke" <vwscir88@hotmail.com>
> >To: <rick@brubakerbox.com>
> >Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 8:13 PM
> >Subject: Re: Bilstein install help please
> >
> >
> > > i had a tug-o-owar with my vice( the vice clamped on the housing) when
> >mine
> > > git stuck. sounds stupid but it worked. maybe you get get the straw of
a
> > > wd40 can in there and lube it a little?
> > >   hit
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: "Rick Alexander" <rick@brubakerbox.com>
> > > >To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > > >Subject: Bilstein install help please
> > > >Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 19:21:26 -0400
> > > >
> > > >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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