My struts! oh god!! the horror...

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (C Boyko)]

You want my old ones? They have that cool rust and heat welded thread on
the top, that's not a problem, is it ;P  Yeah, I feel your pain, what a
pain in the ass if they don't come apart....

Cathy

On 8:13:00 am 05/09/06 Timbo <timjmcconnell@gmail.com> wrote:
> Got my parts from Germanautoparts. New Boge Turbo Gas (which are
> aparantly called Sachs Super Touring now that Boge is Sachs) inserts.
> These are the ones for the german struts. Fine - I have a rocco.
>
> Yeah - I took my struts out, took em all apart with no problems. Then
> it came time to remove the old inserts from the lower housings.
>
> "Made in USA" .... WTF?? these are from a rabbit? what's going on
> here. Why is the housing so different? The top nut thingy that holds
> the insert in threads on the inside instead of the outside. so no
> cutting or any of that for me. I went over to Mr. Shisler's place -
> and we tried and tried to get them off with the world's larges vise,
> and some pipe wrenches. We actually got one of the caps off - only to
> find WATER instead of oil on there. We tried to pull it out, we tried
> fire even. Lots of fire. didn't work. Massive failure..
>
> So. those are abandoned. Now I have to find some strut housings.
>
> Anybody near me in PA have some strut housings or struts I could get
> off of ya? I'm going to try to find a salvage yard tomorow, and see if
> I find a cabbie or something.
>
> --Timbo
>
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