Front strut housing re-assembly?

[amalventano1@comcast.net (Allyn)]

i hate to say this, but 'pipe wrench'.
p.s. dont forget the oil.
Al

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neal Tovsen" <nealtovsen@yahoo.com>
To: "Scirocco-L" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>; <vwautox@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 7:18 PM
Subject: Front strut housing re-assembly?


> I'm assembling the front struts on my Scirocco that I
> got from Geoff at Solo Specialties (thanks Geoff!),
> and I'm not sure about the "correct" way to tighten
> the cap on the strut tube (looks like Geoff called it
> a "gland" nut in his notes?). He recommends 100lbs of
> torque or more. Is there a special tool I should be
> using for this? It has four notches around the top
> that I'm sure are the appropriate interface to some
> sort of tool. I'd rather not muck it all up with
> channel locks or some other hacked method, especially
> since I just painted it. :)
> 
> Neal
> 
> =====
> ~Neal
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