Shock Collar Removal
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Kedge
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Can anyone recommend where I can get the tool to do this job properly? I know people say just use big grips and such things but I'm going to be using the shocks again so really don't want to damage the shock or the collar since they're Bilstein B8s.
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maxfield
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Are you on about the bit at the top to hold the shocker in?
If so a big pair of stilsons.
If so a big pair of stilsons.
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capri_rob
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Used stillsons on mine mate - no damage 
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clarko74
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Try Ebay >>clicky<<.
Most of them aren't very long though so you can't get much leverage on them. I tried using one of these but ended up using stilsons in the end, they left a few marks on the collars but they were hardly noticeable.
Most of them aren't very long though so you can't get much leverage on them. I tried using one of these but ended up using stilsons in the end, they left a few marks on the collars but they were hardly noticeable.
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Duke137
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No harm in wrapping a few layers of masking tape around the pistons if you want a 'belt and braces' type approach. It's better safe than sorry if you slip it might just save your shocks and just peels off after 
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Kedge
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So stilsons won't render the collars scrap and will get them tight ok on the new struts?
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capri_rob
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The Bilstein collars with my B4's IIRC were flat sided so you could potentially get a massive spanner on them to do them up.
Still ended up using Stillsons - they got the old ones off which were bastard tight without any real drama and they were just the OEM round ones with nothing to grip onto.
Still ended up using Stillsons - they got the old ones off which were bastard tight without any real drama and they were just the OEM round ones with nothing to grip onto.
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pac1982
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this is what i used with no damage
that’s not me in the pic that’s my mate 10 apes, we call him 10 apes as he has the strength of 10 apes
that’s not me in the pic that’s my mate 10 apes, we call him 10 apes as he has the strength of 10 apes
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E30BeemerLad
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B6 & B8 collar nuts are different to the usual stuff.
Some cloth around the nut and some stilsons and you should be alright Dave.
Some cloth around the nut and some stilsons and you should be alright Dave.
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Rtaylor2208
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This might help, a rather inventive way of doing it:
http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 66#2199366
http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 66#2199366
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Grrrmachine
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That method is already in the Wiki, and is for undoing the top mount nut, not the shock collar...
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Kedge, if you Pay £5 to the zone and the return postage, I'll lend you my bilstein tool.
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Demlotcrew
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Your bodging is quite spectacular!pac1982 wrote:this is what i used with no damage
that’s not me in the pic that’s my mate 10 apes, we call him 10 apes as he has the strength of 10 apes
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^^^ Lol, proper job!