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ropeman
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Post Sat Nov 19, 2005 3:29 pm

Tried to fit my lovely new Spax today, but I got so far and I can't get this undone any ideas? tried heat, tapping etc. It's beggining to bend now!!!! :cry: :cry:

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ropeman
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Post Sat Nov 19, 2005 4:48 pm

I am trying to undo the right bit??
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Post Sat Nov 19, 2005 6:07 pm

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....?

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Post Sat Nov 19, 2005 6:11 pm

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
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Post Sat Nov 19, 2005 11:26 pm

yup just done mine one side ok -other was a bugger
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Demlotcrew
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Post Sun Nov 20, 2005 9:47 am

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.

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Post Sun Nov 20, 2005 10:48 am

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 :mad:
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Post Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:01 am

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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Post Mon Nov 21, 2005 9:37 am

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.

:oops:

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Post Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:24 pm

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.

:oops:

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?
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Post Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:49 pm

i use a large mole grip or monkey rench, does the job every time, although bolting on the wheel can help,

i call all of this, THE OTHER LANGUAGE! winkeye
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