Help, how to reassemle front struts

macafee2 · 6th August 2019, 10:51

ched has come over, we have his strut apart but cannot fit the top bearing and nut. The damper seems to retract into the bottom park that fits into the hub and so the thread for the nut does not come through the spring far enough. Springs are well and truly compressed

any advice please?

macafee2

brute force and ignorance and they are now both done

macafee2

ceedy · 6th August 2019, 10:53

can you not tie a piece of thin cord around the thread end and pull or hold it up

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Originally Posted by macafee2

ched has come over, we have his strut apart but cannot fit the top bearing and nut. The damper seems to retract into the bottom park that fits into the hub and so the thread for the nut does not come through the spring far enough. Springs are well and truly compressed

any advice please?

macafee2

macafee2 · 6th August 2019, 12:32

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Originally Posted by ceedy

can you not tie a piece of thin cord around the thread end and pull or hold it up

?

that's an idea, thank you. managed to do them but I'll remember that idea

macafee2

Arctic · 6th August 2019, 13:56

Long nosed mole grips are your friend when doing this job

RogerHeinz57 · 7th August 2019, 11:17

Too late if not fitted prior to letting the top mount off, but well worth the few quid to prevent it going wrong in the first place, and lessens the risk of damage to the machined and coated damper by using grips to stop piston retracting.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_f...90699&_sacat=0

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RogerHeinz57 I really should get out more....... A Reasonably Priced Car Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Burton Latimer Posts: 2,530 Thanks: 408 Thanked 1,064 Times in 712 Posts	Too late if not fitted prior to letting the top mount off, but well worth the few quid to prevent it going wrong in the first place, and lessens the risk of damage to the machined and coated damper by using grips to stop piston retracting. https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_f...90699&_sacat=0