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Originally Posted by Mr-fixit
Dudes - massive warning if you try the above methodÂ…
Once you undo the top nut that holds the strut into the top bracket whilst itÂ’s in place - be aware that you are opening yourself to the biggest cluster f@!k of an afternoonÂ… I had replaced the cv boot on the driver side and removed the strut to replace these foam bushes. Yes - it was a bit of a job but it needed it badly as the cv boot was shot and the top foam bush was gone completely.
Once reading the above post and in the ultimate - hold my beer - IÂ’ll be back in 10 minutes - I thought IÂ’d just do the top foam bush on the passenger side by undoing the top nut whilst the shocks and springs were still in placeÂ…
The instant that I undid the nut - the strut bolt retracted below the top housing and no amount of loading into the suspension gave me enough load to get the bolt back above the strut housing to add the new foam pad and put the nut back on.
I tried everything from loading the rear of the car to give more pitch on the front - had weight added on the passenger side, tried all sorts of lifting and steering angles to try and get more load and guide the bolt to the right height.
But no goÂ…
So then the fun part of my evening beganÂ…how do you get the strut housing out when you have released the nut that compresses the spring.
ItÂ’s now to about 3 inches longer that is was and thereÂ’s no room to get it out without pulling the front assembly almost completely apart.
So given the immense task ahead - I tried for another hour or to to get the right about of load in the wheel to raise the height of the strut boltÂ…
By this I think I had used bits of the swear words in my vocabulary directed to the above post.
I had a spring compressor that I used to compress the springs whilst upping the wheel well just enough to get the strut and housing - almost 5 hours later.
IÂ’d highly not recommend using the above method unless you have a free weekend to pull everything else off in addition to the 1.5 hours quoted.
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Yeah... that's why I asked for pics. This doesn't seem like a feasible solution.