MOT fail!

[Jay]

Your scene motor is responsible for endless split tea.

And these are the days of our lives...












 

[danny_p]

TBh i found that not been able to roll the jack under was far more annoying than tea perching .   wonder if i can start a new trend, tea cup stained roof

[Mk2Kezza]

I have both the drop links and top mounts, the spring compressor, but not the tool form undoing the castlled nut or the nut that attached the strut to the car - the one you see when you pop the cap off under the bonnet. How the hell do you get a sapnner on that?

[Diamond Hell]

Deep reach socket, or drop-ring spanner (if the threaded part of the damper tries to turn).

[monkeyalan]

i did it with one of those sockets with a hex bit on the top and an allen key with an extenstion bar on it......oh and some choice germanic curse words.  

[bomp]

Forthe nut that holds the strut on the chassis, I made my own socket up, by cutting the top of a socket in a bench grinder, so that I could get a spanner on it. I can then drop an allen key through top of it and hold the strut steady with pliers on the allen key.

when the shock is off, you can tap the one side of the slot, by putting a screwdriver in it and wacking it first (to loosen it) with a hammer in an anti clock wise direction. Then just tap it round lightly until it's loose enough for your fingers. A bit of WD40 might help too.

[rubjonny]

i did it with one of those sockets with a hex bit on the top and an allen key with an extenstion bar on it......oh and some choice germanic curse words.  

aye spark plug socket or if a later car or if using new VW top nuts a lambda probe/diesel injector socket