hatchback strut replacement
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smilesforu
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hatchback strut replacement
I need some assistance... how do I remove the struts from my hatchback rear door. I don't see a simple ring clip and prying with screwdriver is leaving dents and scratches with no results.
Re: hatchback strut replacement
I think you have to use an open end wrench to unscrew the ball studs?
Main thing with these is to not put any side load on them...the gas leaks out and they fail.
Main thing with these is to not put any side load on them...the gas leaks out and they fail.
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Orwell said: War is peace! Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength...
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ARCHINSTL
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Re: hatchback strut replacement
Check page 20 in the FSM on this site. It has a bit.
Tom M.
P.S. Welcome to the Club! Where are you located?
Tom M.
P.S. Welcome to the Club! Where are you located?
T4WD augury?
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"Oh, do not ask, 'What is it?' Let us go and make our visit."
T.S. Eliot - "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
"Now and then we had a hope that, if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates."
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Petros
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Re: hatchback strut replacement
I have always unscrewed the ball with an open end wrench. Either 10 or 12 mm.
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