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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: Martz on 03 March 2009, 16:50
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Hi
I have just replaced the rear suspension on my 8v (project Ghetto) and have done so with ease, well chuffed with myself! Anyway, the front one is being a little fooker! Just referred to my haynes manual and I need a special tool, anyone know a way round this?
Appreciated!
Martz :cool:
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top nut can be a b!tch if you have not got the right spanner although this will do the job http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=290290954192.
The rest is fairly straight forward :smiley:
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even some swan neck spanners dont fit, i used some molegrips on a socket with the allan through the middle
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even some swan neck spanners dont fit, i used some molegrips on a socket with the allan through the middle
Yeah i did the same as that seemed to work :smiley:
Dan
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Trust me I KNOW how you feel. I managed replace the rears on my Valver, no pobs. Came to do the fronts and after chanting the tried and tested..'By the power of grayskull!!!' I managed to loosed the lower strut bolts.
By by God...not even Garth himself could undo the top mount bolt.
Younger viewers go here...http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/g/garth.htm
I fashioned a long alan key that fed through a long socket which was held by mole gripps. But no matter how hard I tried It would not budge without slippiing. Do I invest in the VW 'special tool'. Probably not, I'll go down to my mate garage and get the Bxxtard of with the air gun.
Hurrah!!
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Spark plug socket (13/16") was ideal for this, with 7mm allen key. As only the short part of the allen key sitcks out, I used the lever from my trolley jack as an extension on the allen key. It takes a while but works.
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air impact gun or my trusty 18v snapon impact gun.
where in the world are you, ill happily help if your in the region of the westmidlands.
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I can't remember the size of the large nut at the top. 22mm possibly? :undecided:
But you could fit a socket over the top of it and grip it with a large pair of mole grips, then turn the 7mm allen headed thread with an allen key.
I have the correct tool for the job but I don't live near you.
If you are going to bin the strut, then you can drill the allen headed thread part out of the nut and remove it that way. Butchery, yes, but it does the job and you will need a new nut. The threaded part is very soft metal, so it's easy to drill and also easy to round off if the allen key you use has passed it's sell by date. :wink:
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I've gotta do mine soon and I hadn't given it a second thought! I've always used an impact gun. Life was SO much easier when I worked in a garage. Damn credit crunch :cry: :cry:
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I've gotta do mine soon and I hadn't given it a second thought! I've always used an impact gun. Life was SO much easier when I worked in a garage. Damn credit crunch :cry: :cry:
If you're lacking facilities and you're not too far from Bristol give me a shout when you want to do your struts - we have airlines and we're not afraid to use them (except after 10PM as it gets the neighbour's backs up).
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:wink: Cheers DH. I'll bear it mind. Your only a quick blast down the M5 and it'll halve the time with proper kit.
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i borrowed an impact gun to get mine off
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i welded a nut on a socket and slid allen key through nut and used a spanner on the nut and then as i didnt have the tool for the top mount i used a screwdriver and a hammer
pikey as fcuk but worked a treat
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even some swan neck spanners dont fit, i used some molegrips on a socket with the allan through the middle
Yeah i did the same as that seemed to work :smiley:
Dan
Even I've done the job with a spanner and key Martz...
although, ratchet spanners ftw :wink:
Dinx :kiss:
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i wish i had some rachet spanners the ammount of times they would have been handy is unreal!
Dan
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i can get the front struts off in 20 minutes, and thats from the car sat on 4 wheels.
Best tool for the job, Cordless 24v Impact Gun :afro:
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i wish i had some rachet spanners the ammount of times they would have been handy is unreal!
Dan
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_216036_langId_-1_categoryId_165572?jspStoreDir=HalfordsConsumerDirect&mpe_id=64865&cm_cr=No+Campaign-_-Web+Activity-_-07-0209-workshop-r2-_-PRODCAT_ESPOTRIGHT_165532-_-07-0209-workshop-r2&catalogId=10151&evtype=CpgnClick&intv_id=111507&langId=-1&storeId=10001&ddkey=ClickInfo
Does the job..
How do you drop it down when on all four wheels?
Dinx :kiss:
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no, starting with it on 4 wheels :tongue:
:kiss:
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oh....heres me thinking you had rubber struts that bend under wings and stuff :tongue: :grin:
Dinx :kiss:
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i can get the front struts off in 20 minutes, and thats from the car sat on 4 wheels.
Best tool for the job, Cordless 24v Impact Gun :afro:
what one do you own? im tempted to buy one, along with ratchet spanners
Dan
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very similar to
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/24v-CORDLESS-IMPACT-DRIVER-WRENCH-POWER-TOOL-2-BATTERY_W0QQitemZ400033357207QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Home_Garden_PowerTools_SM?hash=item400033357207&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1683|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318
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very similar to
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/24v-CORDLESS-IMPACT-DRIVER-WRENCH-POWER-TOOL-2-BATTERY_W0QQitemZ400033357207QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Home_Garden_PowerTools_SM?hash=item400033357207&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1683|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318
:wink:
Cheers, now im even more tempted ive got to stop spending money lol
Dan
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make sure its a 24v one and its got 2 batteries :cool:
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make sure its a 24v one and its got 2 batteries :cool:
yeah definetly and that one comes with some sockets too cant go wrong with that one i guess
Dan
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mine is similar to that model, do some research, bargains to be had at the mo :wink:
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mine is similar to that model, do some research, bargains to be had at the mo :wink:
yep gonna have a look about hopefully find a bargain i reckon im gonna need one of these in the summer i forsee my car needing many things done to it ....
Dan
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very similar to
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/24v-CORDLESS-IMPACT-DRIVER-WRENCH-POWER-TOOL-2-BATTERY_W0QQitemZ400033357207QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Home_Garden_PowerTools_SM?hash=item400033357207&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1683|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318
:wink:
Cheers Chuff, I liked this product so much I bought it! :wink:
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Be careful what you go at with a 24V impact gun - if you're not you'll enter into a sheared-bolt-a-thon around your car. I have guns, but rarely use them as there's no 'feel' for when you're about to round out that hex head, or snap a bolt because it's gone tight on the threads. Often all that's needed to avoid trashing something like that is to back off half a turn and squirt some lube at it. With an impact gun you don't get that warning, you just get a sheared bolt.
Oh and there's always the chance if you're using an impact gun you might do this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV8yfpKUnmg)
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I bought a 24v impact gun at christmas. Its ok, but there's no way it produces the torque it claims....
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i use a snap on 18V impact gun and it will undo hub nutsat about 450NM
i have never snapped a bolt or nut off
and as for no feel i think that is twoddle , if i buzz a wheel nut up with the gun then check it wiith a torque wrench it is about a quarter turn off the setting
BUT i am a professional mechanic and use this daily :wink: :wink:
love my impact gun , is the best buy EVER :grin: :grin: :grin:
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Oh and there's always the chance if you're using an impact gun you might do this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV8yfpKUnmg)
Lmao!
But gotta say, I've never done any damage with a buzzgun either, I've rounded more heads levering spanners/sockets and slipped than using an impact gun.
...theres also this thread for information (http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=108038.0)
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im a mechanic and you cant beat the 18v snap on impact gun. but be prepared to pay for it.
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18v makita here, or have 1/2 and 3/4 drive teng jobbies :evil: the 3/4 has broken stuff