Rear shock removal Audi 200
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Rear shock removal Audi 200
Does anyone have a good alternative to purchasing the $90 Hazet tool for
removing the strut from the spring assembly. I don't do this for a living
otherwise I'd buy one. If anyone has BTDT without this tool could you tell
me how you did it?
Thanks!
Steve
removing the strut from the spring assembly. I don't do this for a living
otherwise I'd buy one. If anyone has BTDT without this tool could you tell
me how you did it?
Thanks!
Steve
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Re: Rear shock removal Audi 200
Steve,
If the rear is anything like the setup on my 1987 5ktq, the rear shocks are
not a cartridge like the front, but just require the removal of the spring
perch from the old shock. I got a decent spring compressor on loan from my
local Canadian Tire. Once the spring was compressed I could easily release
the shock from the top mount using vice grips on the shaft (shocks went into
the bin so I didn't car about scratching the chromed steel shaft). I used
an air chisel and some liquid wrench to break the perch free from the old
shocks. I believe that I wrapped the steel shaft in a few layers of duct
tape when reinstalling into the top mount, thus the vice grips didn't leave
a mark.
On the front I used a big pipe wrench to remove and reinstall the retaining
nut used to hold the insert in - many others have done the same.
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ
1980 Audi 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
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> Does anyone have a good alternative to purchasing the $90 Hazet tool for
> removing the strut from the spring assembly. I don't do this for a living
> otherwise I'd buy one. If anyone has BTDT without this tool could you tell
> me how you did it?
>
> Thanks!
> Steve
>
If the rear is anything like the setup on my 1987 5ktq, the rear shocks are
not a cartridge like the front, but just require the removal of the spring
perch from the old shock. I got a decent spring compressor on loan from my
local Canadian Tire. Once the spring was compressed I could easily release
the shock from the top mount using vice grips on the shaft (shocks went into
the bin so I didn't car about scratching the chromed steel shaft). I used
an air chisel and some liquid wrench to break the perch free from the old
shocks. I believe that I wrapped the steel shaft in a few layers of duct
tape when reinstalling into the top mount, thus the vice grips didn't leave
a mark.
On the front I used a big pipe wrench to remove and reinstall the retaining
nut used to hold the insert in - many others have done the same.
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ
1980 Audi 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
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"~ Elektraman ~" <smarty@mn.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone have a good alternative to purchasing the $90 Hazet tool for
> removing the strut from the spring assembly. I don't do this for a living
> otherwise I'd buy one. If anyone has BTDT without this tool could you tell
> me how you did it?
>
> Thanks!
> Steve
>
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Re: Rear shock removal Audi 200
Steve,
If the rear is anything like the setup on my 1987 5ktq, the rear shocks are
not a cartridge like the front, but just require the removal of the spring
perch from the old shock. I got a decent spring compressor on loan from my
local Canadian Tire. Once the spring was compressed I could easily release
the shock from the top mount using vice grips on the shaft (shocks went into
the bin so I didn't car about scratching the chromed steel shaft). I used
an air chisel and some liquid wrench to break the perch free from the old
shocks. I believe that I wrapped the steel shaft in a few layers of duct
tape when reinstalling into the top mount, thus the vice grips didn't leave
a mark.
On the front I used a big pipe wrench to remove and reinstall the retaining
nut used to hold the insert in - many others have done the same.
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ
1980 Audi 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
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"~ Elektraman ~" <smarty@mn.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone have a good alternative to purchasing the $90 Hazet tool for
> removing the strut from the spring assembly. I don't do this for a living
> otherwise I'd buy one. If anyone has BTDT without this tool could you tell
> me how you did it?
>
> Thanks!
> Steve
>
If the rear is anything like the setup on my 1987 5ktq, the rear shocks are
not a cartridge like the front, but just require the removal of the spring
perch from the old shock. I got a decent spring compressor on loan from my
local Canadian Tire. Once the spring was compressed I could easily release
the shock from the top mount using vice grips on the shaft (shocks went into
the bin so I didn't car about scratching the chromed steel shaft). I used
an air chisel and some liquid wrench to break the perch free from the old
shocks. I believe that I wrapped the steel shaft in a few layers of duct
tape when reinstalling into the top mount, thus the vice grips didn't leave
a mark.
On the front I used a big pipe wrench to remove and reinstall the retaining
nut used to hold the insert in - many others have done the same.
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ
1980 Audi 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
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> Does anyone have a good alternative to purchasing the $90 Hazet tool for
> removing the strut from the spring assembly. I don't do this for a living
> otherwise I'd buy one. If anyone has BTDT without this tool could you tell
> me how you did it?
>
> Thanks!
> Steve
>
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Re: Rear shock removal Audi 200
Steve,
If the rear is anything like the setup on my 1987 5ktq, the rear shocks are
not a cartridge like the front, but just require the removal of the spring
perch from the old shock. I got a decent spring compressor on loan from my
local Canadian Tire. Once the spring was compressed I could easily release
the shock from the top mount using vice grips on the shaft (shocks went into
the bin so I didn't car about scratching the chromed steel shaft). I used
an air chisel and some liquid wrench to break the perch free from the old
shocks. I believe that I wrapped the steel shaft in a few layers of duct
tape when reinstalling into the top mount, thus the vice grips didn't leave
a mark.
On the front I used a big pipe wrench to remove and reinstall the retaining
nut used to hold the insert in - many others have done the same.
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ
1980 Audi 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
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"~ Elektraman ~" <smarty@mn.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone have a good alternative to purchasing the $90 Hazet tool for
> removing the strut from the spring assembly. I don't do this for a living
> otherwise I'd buy one. If anyone has BTDT without this tool could you tell
> me how you did it?
>
> Thanks!
> Steve
>
If the rear is anything like the setup on my 1987 5ktq, the rear shocks are
not a cartridge like the front, but just require the removal of the spring
perch from the old shock. I got a decent spring compressor on loan from my
local Canadian Tire. Once the spring was compressed I could easily release
the shock from the top mount using vice grips on the shaft (shocks went into
the bin so I didn't car about scratching the chromed steel shaft). I used
an air chisel and some liquid wrench to break the perch free from the old
shocks. I believe that I wrapped the steel shaft in a few layers of duct
tape when reinstalling into the top mount, thus the vice grips didn't leave
a mark.
On the front I used a big pipe wrench to remove and reinstall the retaining
nut used to hold the insert in - many others have done the same.
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ
1980 Audi 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
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"~ Elektraman ~" <smarty@mn.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone have a good alternative to purchasing the $90 Hazet tool for
> removing the strut from the spring assembly. I don't do this for a living
> otherwise I'd buy one. If anyone has BTDT without this tool could you tell
> me how you did it?
>
> Thanks!
> Steve
>
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Re: Rear shock removal Audi 200
Hi Steve,
and thanks for your help. This is a 200 turbo FWD.
I have the shocks/spring assembly out of the car with spring compressors.
The shocks have a cylindrical rod with two flat opposite sides at the top,
(like a racetrack shape) that needs to be held while a 17 mm nut is
loosened. Problem is, your socket to loosen the nut obliterates the top of
the shock, so you can't hold the racetrack shaped rod. There is a special
socket tool that has a cut-out to access the top of the shock, but I was
wondering if there is some work-around to this tool that I haven't thought
of yet and someone else has. I'm at the point of using a hacksaw to cut the
shock in half
I've already pulled out my hair.
Thanks,
Steve
"Steve Sears" <steve.sears@SHOESsoil-mat.on.ca> wrote in message
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> Steve,
> If the rear is anything like the setup on my 1987 5ktq, the rear shocks
> are not a cartridge like the front, but just require the removal of the
> spring perch from the old shock. I got a decent spring compressor on loan
> from my local Canadian Tire. Once the spring was compressed I could
> easily release the shock from the top mount using vice grips on the shaft
> (shocks went into the bin so I didn't car about scratching the chromed
> steel shaft). I used an air chisel and some liquid wrench to break the
> perch free from the old shocks. I believe that I wrapped the steel shaft
> in a few layers of duct tape when reinstalling into the top mount, thus
> the vice grips didn't leave a mark.
> On the front I used a big pipe wrench to remove and reinstall the
> retaining nut used to hold the insert in - many others have done the same.
> Cheers!
> Steve Sears
> 1987 Audi 5kTQ
> 1980 Audi 5k
> 1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
> (SPAM Blocker NOTE: Remove SHOES to reply)
>
> "~ Elektraman ~" <smarty@mn.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:IV0ag.8697$WP5.6022@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com...
>> Does anyone have a good alternative to purchasing the $90 Hazet tool for
>> removing the strut from the spring assembly. I don't do this for a living
>> otherwise I'd buy one. If anyone has BTDT without this tool could you
>> tell me how you did it?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Steve
>>
>
>
and thanks for your help. This is a 200 turbo FWD.
I have the shocks/spring assembly out of the car with spring compressors.
The shocks have a cylindrical rod with two flat opposite sides at the top,
(like a racetrack shape) that needs to be held while a 17 mm nut is
loosened. Problem is, your socket to loosen the nut obliterates the top of
the shock, so you can't hold the racetrack shaped rod. There is a special
socket tool that has a cut-out to access the top of the shock, but I was
wondering if there is some work-around to this tool that I haven't thought
of yet and someone else has. I'm at the point of using a hacksaw to cut the
shock in half
I've already pulled out my hair.Thanks,
Steve
"Steve Sears" <steve.sears@SHOESsoil-mat.on.ca> wrote in message
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> Steve,
> If the rear is anything like the setup on my 1987 5ktq, the rear shocks
> are not a cartridge like the front, but just require the removal of the
> spring perch from the old shock. I got a decent spring compressor on loan
> from my local Canadian Tire. Once the spring was compressed I could
> easily release the shock from the top mount using vice grips on the shaft
> (shocks went into the bin so I didn't car about scratching the chromed
> steel shaft). I used an air chisel and some liquid wrench to break the
> perch free from the old shocks. I believe that I wrapped the steel shaft
> in a few layers of duct tape when reinstalling into the top mount, thus
> the vice grips didn't leave a mark.
> On the front I used a big pipe wrench to remove and reinstall the
> retaining nut used to hold the insert in - many others have done the same.
> Cheers!
> Steve Sears
> 1987 Audi 5kTQ
> 1980 Audi 5k
> 1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
> (SPAM Blocker NOTE: Remove SHOES to reply)
>
> "~ Elektraman ~" <smarty@mn.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:IV0ag.8697$WP5.6022@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com...
>> Does anyone have a good alternative to purchasing the $90 Hazet tool for
>> removing the strut from the spring assembly. I don't do this for a living
>> otherwise I'd buy one. If anyone has BTDT without this tool could you
>> tell me how you did it?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Steve
>>
>
>
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Re: Rear shock removal Audi 200
Hi Steve,
and thanks for your help. This is a 200 turbo FWD.
I have the shocks/spring assembly out of the car with spring compressors.
The shocks have a cylindrical rod with two flat opposite sides at the top,
(like a racetrack shape) that needs to be held while a 17 mm nut is
loosened. Problem is, your socket to loosen the nut obliterates the top of
the shock, so you can't hold the racetrack shaped rod. There is a special
socket tool that has a cut-out to access the top of the shock, but I was
wondering if there is some work-around to this tool that I haven't thought
of yet and someone else has. I'm at the point of using a hacksaw to cut the
shock in half I've already pulled out my hair.
Thanks,
Steve
"Steve Sears" <steve.sears@SHOESsoil-mat.on.ca> wrote in message
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> Steve,
> If the rear is anything like the setup on my 1987 5ktq, the rear shocks
> are not a cartridge like the front, but just require the removal of the
> spring perch from the old shock. I got a decent spring compressor on loan
> from my local Canadian Tire. Once the spring was compressed I could
> easily release the shock from the top mount using vice grips on the shaft
> (shocks went into the bin so I didn't car about scratching the chromed
> steel shaft). I used an air chisel and some liquid wrench to break the
> perch free from the old shocks. I believe that I wrapped the steel shaft
> in a few layers of duct tape when reinstalling into the top mount, thus
> the vice grips didn't leave a mark.
> On the front I used a big pipe wrench to remove and reinstall the
> retaining nut used to hold the insert in - many others have done the same.
> Cheers!
> Steve Sears
> 1987 Audi 5kTQ
> 1980 Audi 5k
> 1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
> (SPAM Blocker NOTE: Remove SHOES to reply)
>
> "~ Elektraman ~" <smarty@mn.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:IV0ag.8697$WP5.6022@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com...
>> Does anyone have a good alternative to purchasing the $90 Hazet tool for
>> removing the strut from the spring assembly. I don't do this for a living
>> otherwise I'd buy one. If anyone has BTDT without this tool could you
>> tell me how you did it?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Steve
>>
>
>
and thanks for your help. This is a 200 turbo FWD.
I have the shocks/spring assembly out of the car with spring compressors.
The shocks have a cylindrical rod with two flat opposite sides at the top,
(like a racetrack shape) that needs to be held while a 17 mm nut is
loosened. Problem is, your socket to loosen the nut obliterates the top of
the shock, so you can't hold the racetrack shaped rod. There is a special
socket tool that has a cut-out to access the top of the shock, but I was
wondering if there is some work-around to this tool that I haven't thought
of yet and someone else has. I'm at the point of using a hacksaw to cut the
shock in half
I've already pulled out my hair.Thanks,
Steve
"Steve Sears" <steve.sears@SHOESsoil-mat.on.ca> wrote in message
news:Er1ag.7421$aa4.86794@news20.bellglobal.com...
> Steve,
> If the rear is anything like the setup on my 1987 5ktq, the rear shocks
> are not a cartridge like the front, but just require the removal of the
> spring perch from the old shock. I got a decent spring compressor on loan
> from my local Canadian Tire. Once the spring was compressed I could
> easily release the shock from the top mount using vice grips on the shaft
> (shocks went into the bin so I didn't car about scratching the chromed
> steel shaft). I used an air chisel and some liquid wrench to break the
> perch free from the old shocks. I believe that I wrapped the steel shaft
> in a few layers of duct tape when reinstalling into the top mount, thus
> the vice grips didn't leave a mark.
> On the front I used a big pipe wrench to remove and reinstall the
> retaining nut used to hold the insert in - many others have done the same.
> Cheers!
> Steve Sears
> 1987 Audi 5kTQ
> 1980 Audi 5k
> 1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
> (SPAM Blocker NOTE: Remove SHOES to reply)
>
> "~ Elektraman ~" <smarty@mn.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:IV0ag.8697$WP5.6022@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com...
>> Does anyone have a good alternative to purchasing the $90 Hazet tool for
>> removing the strut from the spring assembly. I don't do this for a living
>> otherwise I'd buy one. If anyone has BTDT without this tool could you
>> tell me how you did it?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Steve
>>
>
>
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Re: Rear shock removal Audi 200
Hi Steve,
and thanks for your help. This is a 200 turbo FWD.
I have the shocks/spring assembly out of the car with spring compressors.
The shocks have a cylindrical rod with two flat opposite sides at the top,
(like a racetrack shape) that needs to be held while a 17 mm nut is
loosened. Problem is, your socket to loosen the nut obliterates the top of
the shock, so you can't hold the racetrack shaped rod. There is a special
socket tool that has a cut-out to access the top of the shock, but I was
wondering if there is some work-around to this tool that I haven't thought
of yet and someone else has. I'm at the point of using a hacksaw to cut the
shock in half I've already pulled out my hair.
Thanks,
Steve
"Steve Sears" <steve.sears@SHOESsoil-mat.on.ca> wrote in message
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> Steve,
> If the rear is anything like the setup on my 1987 5ktq, the rear shocks
> are not a cartridge like the front, but just require the removal of the
> spring perch from the old shock. I got a decent spring compressor on loan
> from my local Canadian Tire. Once the spring was compressed I could
> easily release the shock from the top mount using vice grips on the shaft
> (shocks went into the bin so I didn't car about scratching the chromed
> steel shaft). I used an air chisel and some liquid wrench to break the
> perch free from the old shocks. I believe that I wrapped the steel shaft
> in a few layers of duct tape when reinstalling into the top mount, thus
> the vice grips didn't leave a mark.
> On the front I used a big pipe wrench to remove and reinstall the
> retaining nut used to hold the insert in - many others have done the same.
> Cheers!
> Steve Sears
> 1987 Audi 5kTQ
> 1980 Audi 5k
> 1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
> (SPAM Blocker NOTE: Remove SHOES to reply)
>
> "~ Elektraman ~" <smarty@mn.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:IV0ag.8697$WP5.6022@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com...
>> Does anyone have a good alternative to purchasing the $90 Hazet tool for
>> removing the strut from the spring assembly. I don't do this for a living
>> otherwise I'd buy one. If anyone has BTDT without this tool could you
>> tell me how you did it?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Steve
>>
>
>
and thanks for your help. This is a 200 turbo FWD.
I have the shocks/spring assembly out of the car with spring compressors.
The shocks have a cylindrical rod with two flat opposite sides at the top,
(like a racetrack shape) that needs to be held while a 17 mm nut is
loosened. Problem is, your socket to loosen the nut obliterates the top of
the shock, so you can't hold the racetrack shaped rod. There is a special
socket tool that has a cut-out to access the top of the shock, but I was
wondering if there is some work-around to this tool that I haven't thought
of yet and someone else has. I'm at the point of using a hacksaw to cut the
shock in half
I've already pulled out my hair.Thanks,
Steve
"Steve Sears" <steve.sears@SHOESsoil-mat.on.ca> wrote in message
news:Er1ag.7421$aa4.86794@news20.bellglobal.com...
> Steve,
> If the rear is anything like the setup on my 1987 5ktq, the rear shocks
> are not a cartridge like the front, but just require the removal of the
> spring perch from the old shock. I got a decent spring compressor on loan
> from my local Canadian Tire. Once the spring was compressed I could
> easily release the shock from the top mount using vice grips on the shaft
> (shocks went into the bin so I didn't car about scratching the chromed
> steel shaft). I used an air chisel and some liquid wrench to break the
> perch free from the old shocks. I believe that I wrapped the steel shaft
> in a few layers of duct tape when reinstalling into the top mount, thus
> the vice grips didn't leave a mark.
> On the front I used a big pipe wrench to remove and reinstall the
> retaining nut used to hold the insert in - many others have done the same.
> Cheers!
> Steve Sears
> 1987 Audi 5kTQ
> 1980 Audi 5k
> 1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
> (SPAM Blocker NOTE: Remove SHOES to reply)
>
> "~ Elektraman ~" <smarty@mn.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:IV0ag.8697$WP5.6022@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com...
>> Does anyone have a good alternative to purchasing the $90 Hazet tool for
>> removing the strut from the spring assembly. I don't do this for a living
>> otherwise I'd buy one. If anyone has BTDT without this tool could you
>> tell me how you did it?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Steve
>>
>
>
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Re: Rear shock removal Audi 200
Steve,
Instead of using a socket, couldn't you use a box-ended wrench? or a crow's
foot wrench? Or maybe just abandon holding the chromed steel rod at the
head altogether and wrap it in a few turns just below the top mount (where
the shock will never travel anyway) and use some good vice grips on it?
(Remove the tape after torquing the 17mm nylock nut on the top).
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ
1980 Audi 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
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"~ Elektraman ~" <smarty@mn.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Steve,
> and thanks for your help. This is a 200 turbo FWD.
> I have the shocks/spring assembly out of the car with spring compressors.
> The shocks have a cylindrical rod with two flat opposite sides at the top,
> (like a racetrack shape) that needs to be held while a 17 mm nut is
> loosened. Problem is, your socket to loosen the nut obliterates the top of
> the shock, so you can't hold the racetrack shaped rod. There is a special
> socket tool that has a cut-out to access the top of the shock, but I was
> wondering if there is some work-around to this tool that I haven't thought
> of yet and someone else has. I'm at the point of using a hacksaw to cut
> the shock in half I've already pulled out my hair.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
>
>
> "Steve Sears" <steve.sears@SHOESsoil-mat.on.ca> wrote in message
> news:Er1ag.7421$aa4.86794@news20.bellglobal.com...
>> Steve,
>> If the rear is anything like the setup on my 1987 5ktq, the rear shocks
>> are not a cartridge like the front, but just require the removal of the
>> spring perch from the old shock. I got a decent spring compressor on
>> loan from my local Canadian Tire. Once the spring was compressed I could
>> easily release the shock from the top mount using vice grips on the shaft
>> (shocks went into the bin so I didn't car about scratching the chromed
>> steel shaft). I used an air chisel and some liquid wrench to break the
>> perch free from the old shocks. I believe that I wrapped the steel shaft
>> in a few layers of duct tape when reinstalling into the top mount, thus
>> the vice grips didn't leave a mark.
>> On the front I used a big pipe wrench to remove and reinstall the
>> retaining nut used to hold the insert in - many others have done the
>> same.
>> Cheers!
>> Steve Sears
>> 1987 Audi 5kTQ
>> 1980 Audi 5k
>> 1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
>> (SPAM Blocker NOTE: Remove SHOES to reply)
>>
>> "~ Elektraman ~" <smarty@mn.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:IV0ag.8697$WP5.6022@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com...
>>> Does anyone have a good alternative to purchasing the $90 Hazet tool for
>>> removing the strut from the spring assembly. I don't do this for a
>>> living otherwise I'd buy one. If anyone has BTDT without this tool could
>>> you tell me how you did it?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Steve
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
Instead of using a socket, couldn't you use a box-ended wrench? or a crow's
foot wrench? Or maybe just abandon holding the chromed steel rod at the
head altogether and wrap it in a few turns just below the top mount (where
the shock will never travel anyway) and use some good vice grips on it?
(Remove the tape after torquing the 17mm nylock nut on the top).
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ
1980 Audi 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
(SPAM Blocker NOTE: Remove SHOES to reply)
"~ Elektraman ~" <smarty@mn.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Steve,
> and thanks for your help. This is a 200 turbo FWD.
> I have the shocks/spring assembly out of the car with spring compressors.
> The shocks have a cylindrical rod with two flat opposite sides at the top,
> (like a racetrack shape) that needs to be held while a 17 mm nut is
> loosened. Problem is, your socket to loosen the nut obliterates the top of
> the shock, so you can't hold the racetrack shaped rod. There is a special
> socket tool that has a cut-out to access the top of the shock, but I was
> wondering if there is some work-around to this tool that I haven't thought
> of yet and someone else has. I'm at the point of using a hacksaw to cut
> the shock in half
I've already pulled out my hair.>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
>
>
> "Steve Sears" <steve.sears@SHOESsoil-mat.on.ca> wrote in message
> news:Er1ag.7421$aa4.86794@news20.bellglobal.com...
>> Steve,
>> If the rear is anything like the setup on my 1987 5ktq, the rear shocks
>> are not a cartridge like the front, but just require the removal of the
>> spring perch from the old shock. I got a decent spring compressor on
>> loan from my local Canadian Tire. Once the spring was compressed I could
>> easily release the shock from the top mount using vice grips on the shaft
>> (shocks went into the bin so I didn't car about scratching the chromed
>> steel shaft). I used an air chisel and some liquid wrench to break the
>> perch free from the old shocks. I believe that I wrapped the steel shaft
>> in a few layers of duct tape when reinstalling into the top mount, thus
>> the vice grips didn't leave a mark.
>> On the front I used a big pipe wrench to remove and reinstall the
>> retaining nut used to hold the insert in - many others have done the
>> same.
>> Cheers!
>> Steve Sears
>> 1987 Audi 5kTQ
>> 1980 Audi 5k
>> 1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
>> (SPAM Blocker NOTE: Remove SHOES to reply)
>>
>> "~ Elektraman ~" <smarty@mn.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:IV0ag.8697$WP5.6022@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com...
>>> Does anyone have a good alternative to purchasing the $90 Hazet tool for
>>> removing the strut from the spring assembly. I don't do this for a
>>> living otherwise I'd buy one. If anyone has BTDT without this tool could
>>> you tell me how you did it?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Steve
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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Re: Rear shock removal Audi 200
Steve,
Instead of using a socket, couldn't you use a box-ended wrench? or a crow's
foot wrench? Or maybe just abandon holding the chromed steel rod at the
head altogether and wrap it in a few turns just below the top mount (where
the shock will never travel anyway) and use some good vice grips on it?
(Remove the tape after torquing the 17mm nylock nut on the top).
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ
1980 Audi 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
(SPAM Blocker NOTE: Remove SHOES to reply)
"~ Elektraman ~" <smarty@mn.rr.com> wrote in message
news:JR1ag.71611$Tf1.13173@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com...
> Hi Steve,
> and thanks for your help. This is a 200 turbo FWD.
> I have the shocks/spring assembly out of the car with spring compressors.
> The shocks have a cylindrical rod with two flat opposite sides at the top,
> (like a racetrack shape) that needs to be held while a 17 mm nut is
> loosened. Problem is, your socket to loosen the nut obliterates the top of
> the shock, so you can't hold the racetrack shaped rod. There is a special
> socket tool that has a cut-out to access the top of the shock, but I was
> wondering if there is some work-around to this tool that I haven't thought
> of yet and someone else has. I'm at the point of using a hacksaw to cut
> the shock in half I've already pulled out my hair.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
>
>
> "Steve Sears" <steve.sears@SHOESsoil-mat.on.ca> wrote in message
> news:Er1ag.7421$aa4.86794@news20.bellglobal.com...
>> Steve,
>> If the rear is anything like the setup on my 1987 5ktq, the rear shocks
>> are not a cartridge like the front, but just require the removal of the
>> spring perch from the old shock. I got a decent spring compressor on
>> loan from my local Canadian Tire. Once the spring was compressed I could
>> easily release the shock from the top mount using vice grips on the shaft
>> (shocks went into the bin so I didn't car about scratching the chromed
>> steel shaft). I used an air chisel and some liquid wrench to break the
>> perch free from the old shocks. I believe that I wrapped the steel shaft
>> in a few layers of duct tape when reinstalling into the top mount, thus
>> the vice grips didn't leave a mark.
>> On the front I used a big pipe wrench to remove and reinstall the
>> retaining nut used to hold the insert in - many others have done the
>> same.
>> Cheers!
>> Steve Sears
>> 1987 Audi 5kTQ
>> 1980 Audi 5k
>> 1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
>> (SPAM Blocker NOTE: Remove SHOES to reply)
>>
>> "~ Elektraman ~" <smarty@mn.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:IV0ag.8697$WP5.6022@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com...
>>> Does anyone have a good alternative to purchasing the $90 Hazet tool for
>>> removing the strut from the spring assembly. I don't do this for a
>>> living otherwise I'd buy one. If anyone has BTDT without this tool could
>>> you tell me how you did it?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Steve
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
Instead of using a socket, couldn't you use a box-ended wrench? or a crow's
foot wrench? Or maybe just abandon holding the chromed steel rod at the
head altogether and wrap it in a few turns just below the top mount (where
the shock will never travel anyway) and use some good vice grips on it?
(Remove the tape after torquing the 17mm nylock nut on the top).
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ
1980 Audi 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
(SPAM Blocker NOTE: Remove SHOES to reply)
"~ Elektraman ~" <smarty@mn.rr.com> wrote in message
news:JR1ag.71611$Tf1.13173@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com...
> Hi Steve,
> and thanks for your help. This is a 200 turbo FWD.
> I have the shocks/spring assembly out of the car with spring compressors.
> The shocks have a cylindrical rod with two flat opposite sides at the top,
> (like a racetrack shape) that needs to be held while a 17 mm nut is
> loosened. Problem is, your socket to loosen the nut obliterates the top of
> the shock, so you can't hold the racetrack shaped rod. There is a special
> socket tool that has a cut-out to access the top of the shock, but I was
> wondering if there is some work-around to this tool that I haven't thought
> of yet and someone else has. I'm at the point of using a hacksaw to cut
> the shock in half
I've already pulled out my hair.>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
>
>
> "Steve Sears" <steve.sears@SHOESsoil-mat.on.ca> wrote in message
> news:Er1ag.7421$aa4.86794@news20.bellglobal.com...
>> Steve,
>> If the rear is anything like the setup on my 1987 5ktq, the rear shocks
>> are not a cartridge like the front, but just require the removal of the
>> spring perch from the old shock. I got a decent spring compressor on
>> loan from my local Canadian Tire. Once the spring was compressed I could
>> easily release the shock from the top mount using vice grips on the shaft
>> (shocks went into the bin so I didn't car about scratching the chromed
>> steel shaft). I used an air chisel and some liquid wrench to break the
>> perch free from the old shocks. I believe that I wrapped the steel shaft
>> in a few layers of duct tape when reinstalling into the top mount, thus
>> the vice grips didn't leave a mark.
>> On the front I used a big pipe wrench to remove and reinstall the
>> retaining nut used to hold the insert in - many others have done the
>> same.
>> Cheers!
>> Steve Sears
>> 1987 Audi 5kTQ
>> 1980 Audi 5k
>> 1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
>> (SPAM Blocker NOTE: Remove SHOES to reply)
>>
>> "~ Elektraman ~" <smarty@mn.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:IV0ag.8697$WP5.6022@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com...
>>> Does anyone have a good alternative to purchasing the $90 Hazet tool for
>>> removing the strut from the spring assembly. I don't do this for a
>>> living otherwise I'd buy one. If anyone has BTDT without this tool could
>>> you tell me how you did it?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Steve
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Rear shock removal Audi 200
Steve,
Instead of using a socket, couldn't you use a box-ended wrench? or a crow's
foot wrench? Or maybe just abandon holding the chromed steel rod at the
head altogether and wrap it in a few turns just below the top mount (where
the shock will never travel anyway) and use some good vice grips on it?
(Remove the tape after torquing the 17mm nylock nut on the top).
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ
1980 Audi 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
(SPAM Blocker NOTE: Remove SHOES to reply)
"~ Elektraman ~" <smarty@mn.rr.com> wrote in message
news:JR1ag.71611$Tf1.13173@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com...
> Hi Steve,
> and thanks for your help. This is a 200 turbo FWD.
> I have the shocks/spring assembly out of the car with spring compressors.
> The shocks have a cylindrical rod with two flat opposite sides at the top,
> (like a racetrack shape) that needs to be held while a 17 mm nut is
> loosened. Problem is, your socket to loosen the nut obliterates the top of
> the shock, so you can't hold the racetrack shaped rod. There is a special
> socket tool that has a cut-out to access the top of the shock, but I was
> wondering if there is some work-around to this tool that I haven't thought
> of yet and someone else has. I'm at the point of using a hacksaw to cut
> the shock in half I've already pulled out my hair.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
>
>
> "Steve Sears" <steve.sears@SHOESsoil-mat.on.ca> wrote in message
> news:Er1ag.7421$aa4.86794@news20.bellglobal.com...
>> Steve,
>> If the rear is anything like the setup on my 1987 5ktq, the rear shocks
>> are not a cartridge like the front, but just require the removal of the
>> spring perch from the old shock. I got a decent spring compressor on
>> loan from my local Canadian Tire. Once the spring was compressed I could
>> easily release the shock from the top mount using vice grips on the shaft
>> (shocks went into the bin so I didn't car about scratching the chromed
>> steel shaft). I used an air chisel and some liquid wrench to break the
>> perch free from the old shocks. I believe that I wrapped the steel shaft
>> in a few layers of duct tape when reinstalling into the top mount, thus
>> the vice grips didn't leave a mark.
>> On the front I used a big pipe wrench to remove and reinstall the
>> retaining nut used to hold the insert in - many others have done the
>> same.
>> Cheers!
>> Steve Sears
>> 1987 Audi 5kTQ
>> 1980 Audi 5k
>> 1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
>> (SPAM Blocker NOTE: Remove SHOES to reply)
>>
>> "~ Elektraman ~" <smarty@mn.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:IV0ag.8697$WP5.6022@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com...
>>> Does anyone have a good alternative to purchasing the $90 Hazet tool for
>>> removing the strut from the spring assembly. I don't do this for a
>>> living otherwise I'd buy one. If anyone has BTDT without this tool could
>>> you tell me how you did it?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Steve
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
Instead of using a socket, couldn't you use a box-ended wrench? or a crow's
foot wrench? Or maybe just abandon holding the chromed steel rod at the
head altogether and wrap it in a few turns just below the top mount (where
the shock will never travel anyway) and use some good vice grips on it?
(Remove the tape after torquing the 17mm nylock nut on the top).
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ
1980 Audi 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
(SPAM Blocker NOTE: Remove SHOES to reply)
"~ Elektraman ~" <smarty@mn.rr.com> wrote in message
news:JR1ag.71611$Tf1.13173@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com...
> Hi Steve,
> and thanks for your help. This is a 200 turbo FWD.
> I have the shocks/spring assembly out of the car with spring compressors.
> The shocks have a cylindrical rod with two flat opposite sides at the top,
> (like a racetrack shape) that needs to be held while a 17 mm nut is
> loosened. Problem is, your socket to loosen the nut obliterates the top of
> the shock, so you can't hold the racetrack shaped rod. There is a special
> socket tool that has a cut-out to access the top of the shock, but I was
> wondering if there is some work-around to this tool that I haven't thought
> of yet and someone else has. I'm at the point of using a hacksaw to cut
> the shock in half
I've already pulled out my hair.>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
>
>
> "Steve Sears" <steve.sears@SHOESsoil-mat.on.ca> wrote in message
> news:Er1ag.7421$aa4.86794@news20.bellglobal.com...
>> Steve,
>> If the rear is anything like the setup on my 1987 5ktq, the rear shocks
>> are not a cartridge like the front, but just require the removal of the
>> spring perch from the old shock. I got a decent spring compressor on
>> loan from my local Canadian Tire. Once the spring was compressed I could
>> easily release the shock from the top mount using vice grips on the shaft
>> (shocks went into the bin so I didn't car about scratching the chromed
>> steel shaft). I used an air chisel and some liquid wrench to break the
>> perch free from the old shocks. I believe that I wrapped the steel shaft
>> in a few layers of duct tape when reinstalling into the top mount, thus
>> the vice grips didn't leave a mark.
>> On the front I used a big pipe wrench to remove and reinstall the
>> retaining nut used to hold the insert in - many others have done the
>> same.
>> Cheers!
>> Steve Sears
>> 1987 Audi 5kTQ
>> 1980 Audi 5k
>> 1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
>> (SPAM Blocker NOTE: Remove SHOES to reply)
>>
>> "~ Elektraman ~" <smarty@mn.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:IV0ag.8697$WP5.6022@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com...
>>> Does anyone have a good alternative to purchasing the $90 Hazet tool for
>>> removing the strut from the spring assembly. I don't do this for a
>>> living otherwise I'd buy one. If anyone has BTDT without this tool could
>>> you tell me how you did it?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Steve
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
