changing front top mounts
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Cloggy Saint
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Can this be done without completely removing the struts? ie just removing the 3 top nuts and pulling the strut through the turret?
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Top tip, whilst you have the chance, spray lots of penetrating fluid onto the nut which holds the damper into the strut and see if you can get it moving when the strut is off. Remove it, clean up the threads and put copper grease on the,, make sure there is a teaspoon of oil in the strut before you put the damper back in.
They are a bitch when they are seized.
Also make sure you loosen the top nut of the damper before you remove the wheel.
They are a bitch when they are seized.
Also make sure you loosen the top nut of the damper before you remove the wheel.
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