strut locking collars ?

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magpie
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Mon Dec 09, 2013 9:31 pm

i have a couple of stubborn collar nuts that won't budge and i'm a bit dubious of adding heat with the pressurized inserts inside.

my plan is to cut through the damper piston 2" up then knock the stub back into the damper casing releasing the gas through the hole that will be created doing it.........will it work ?
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Mon Dec 09, 2013 9:35 pm

Get some bigger stilsons.

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Tue Dec 10, 2013 10:17 am

Heat FTW !

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swing that hammer like a BOSS!

Diff removal next ......now where did i put my adjustable spanner


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Tue Dec 10, 2013 11:20 am

I had to throw one of my strut legs away due to one of these stupid b4stards rusting itself in place. Good effort getting that off.
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Tue Dec 10, 2013 4:21 pm

magpie wrote:
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swing that hammer like a BOSS!
That's a fucking toffee hammer.
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Tue Dec 10, 2013 4:58 pm

a lump hammer would help no end there
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Tue Dec 10, 2013 5:26 pm

Nice soft Northern type Hammer Mick :D
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Tue Dec 10, 2013 7:29 pm

magpie wrote:Heat FTW !
If only somebody had suggested that in the first place :mad:

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Tue Dec 10, 2013 7:39 pm

i used the lump hammer first,that's what all the damage to the collar is off.... :D
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