Shock advice!
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TouringMatt
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What comes in the Spax kit?
That nut holds the replaceable shock insert in place, could never get mine undone when i was overhauling my suspension but was under the impression that the whole shock got replaced with these spring/shock kits....?
Matt
That nut holds the replaceable shock insert in place, could never get mine undone when i was overhauling my suspension but was under the impression that the whole shock got replaced with these spring/shock kits....?
Matt
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Templ8e30
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Yes you are trying the right bolt but it's very tight and rusty.
Try soaking it with plenty of WD40 and getting a big stilson pipe wrench on the nut whilst holding the suspension leg in a vice.
They can be tricky to undo.
Cheers,
Iain T
Try soaking it with plenty of WD40 and getting a big stilson pipe wrench on the nut whilst holding the suspension leg in a vice.
They can be tricky to undo.
Cheers,
Iain T
2007 Mazda 6 2.0 estate
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Demlotcrew
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I would not put the leg in a vice.
Bolt the leg to a wheel and lay the wheel down onto a flat surface and get some one to stand on the wheel while you try to get the nut off.
Andrew
Bolt the leg to a wheel and lay the wheel down onto a flat surface and get some one to stand on the wheel while you try to get the nut off.
Andrew
Personally I'd use a vice and plenty of violence.
I used a workmate to hold it and then cut a slot at an angle in the offending item then wedged a large screw driver in the slot and erm tapped it with a medium sized walloping device. Worked a treat
I used a workmate to hold it and then cut a slot at an angle in the offending item then wedged a large screw driver in the slot and erm tapped it with a medium sized walloping device. Worked a treat
Cheers for the advice guy's! I have accepted defeat this weekend and put it all back together (what a waste of time). Next weekend will be round two and I'm gonna go for the workmate followed by the wheel and a friend 
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Demlotcrew
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I cant believe you guys are telling him to use a vice, dont you think that a vice would deform the strut leg? it will affect everything from camber to caster if you bend it even lightly.
Andrew
Andrew
These things arent made of cheese they can take some violence what do you think happens when you hit a pot hole or you mrs drives up a kerb?Demlotcrew wrote:I cant believe you guys are telling him to use a vice, dont you think that a vice would deform the strut leg? it will affect everything from camber to caster if you bend it even lightly.
Andrew
