Bilstein install help please

[amalventano1@comcast.net (Allyn)]

Did koni replace that one under warranty?
Just curious... heh.
Al

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scirocco-Al" <scirocco-Al@insight.rr.com>
To: "Rick Alexander" <rick@brubakerbox.com>; "scirocco" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 8:24 PM
Subject: Re: Bilstein install help please


> This happened with my last set of  Koni's.  It was so bas that I eventually
> gave up on getting it apart in a normal fashion and started cutting the
> housing in two lengthwise with my angle grinder.  Of course I got about 3"
> inched from cutting the thing all the way apart and the seal on the sturt
> blew, sending oil into my face.
> 
> Lots of fun.
> 
> Alan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick Alexander" <rick@brubakerbox.com>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 7:34 PM
> 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
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> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Josh Hignight" <Josh.Hignight@phoenix.edu>
> > To: "'Rick Alexander'" <rick@brubakerbox.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 7:34 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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