Getting gas cartridge out of shock housing
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Getting gas cartridge out of shock housing
Hi.
I'm putting KYB cartidges in my front shocks. I've taken a shock off the car and removed the spring, but I can't work out how to get the old cartridge out.
There is a metal ring with a small dip at 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock. I can't get this out. Can anyone offer any advice? Haynes says you can cut a steel pipe, but that sounds like a lot of work. Is there an easier way? I can't make it budge with pliers.
Can any of you explain the process you went through to replace your shocks?
Thanks,
ScruffyChimp
I'm putting KYB cartidges in my front shocks. I've taken a shock off the car and removed the spring, but I can't work out how to get the old cartridge out.
There is a metal ring with a small dip at 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock. I can't get this out. Can anyone offer any advice? Haynes says you can cut a steel pipe, but that sounds like a lot of work. Is there an easier way? I can't make it budge with pliers.
Can any of you explain the process you went through to replace your shocks?
Thanks,
ScruffyChimp
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If I remember correctly there is a big nut holding the cartrage in the body. I just stuck the body in a vice and cranked on the nut with a big (4 foot) wrench.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
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ya, what yaya said, but i used a 2 foot pipe wrench. it comes out pretty easy. be prepared to get oil everywhere, esp. when you yank all the old innards out (and i do mean yank...hard) i spent 15 mins working the struts in and out trying to pump the old fluid out and still painted the garage and myself with hydraulic fluid.
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