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Offline Horney

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Re: WHat size is the nut......
« Reply #10 on: 13 November 2007, 16:29 »
Luckily these have been off recently so I'm hoping that won't be the case!

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Offline Simon8v91

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Re: WHat size is the nut......
« Reply #11 on: 13 November 2007, 16:33 »
As said its a 21mm although just to confuse things VW will now supply you with a 22mm nut if you go for a new one!  :rolleyes:

You can get away with an ordinary socket head held with very tight mole grips with an allen key through the middle  :smiley:
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Offline rubjonny

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Re: WHat size is the nut......
« Reply #12 on: 13 November 2007, 16:41 »
The way I do it is with a spark plug socket, put a spanner on the flats and a decent hex bit thru the middle.  Go back to halfords, and look in their tool section.  You'll see a VERY handy 7mm hex tool with a great big handle on it :)

To refit the new VW 22m nuts (which you should buy since they're use once!!) use a lambda probe/diesel injector socket.  This is even easier becasue they have a nice big cutout in the side for your allen key :)

Edit: Also depending on the make the strut may have a 6mm or 7mm allen hole, I had 1 6mm and 1 7mm on mine  :rolleyes:
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Re: WHat size is the nut......
« Reply #13 on: 13 November 2007, 19:21 »
Oh another way we've done it in the past is to find correct socker, weld a small bar to it and hey presto you can turn socket and put allen key through the middle!
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Re: WHat size is the nut......
« Reply #14 on: 13 November 2007, 21:46 »
Done it!

I got the tool you mention jonny (although before I read your post!). It looks awesome and a quick spin seems to show the ride is about the same as it was on the 16v set up. Took 2 snaps on my phone down asda (I'm such a chav!) but they're crap because it's my phone and it's dark. Will take some daylight tomorrow.





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Re: WHat size is the nut......
« Reply #15 on: 13 November 2007, 21:49 »
 :cool:
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Re: WHat size is the nut......
« Reply #16 on: 14 November 2007, 10:51 »
nice, how much lower is that?
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Re: WHat size is the nut......
« Reply #17 on: 14 November 2007, 11:57 »
-60mm over standard so about -40mm on mine as I had the 16v set up on before.

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Re: WHat size is the nut......
« Reply #18 on: 14 November 2007, 15:19 »
Good to see this one went smoothly  :smiley:
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