rowlando 0 Posted September 24, 2007 Report Share Posted September 24, 2007 I decided to lower my VR6 as the car had the original 150k mile and very tired suspension on it when I bought it and the handling was a little precarious.. anyway, after a string of fords with the 2 bolts holding the top strut mounts id forgotten about the VW arrangement of a nut and an allen key... not good when the nuts have 13 years of rust on...and the allen key section is cracked and useless.. so i creep down to a local garage, get them to crack the top nut with there windy guns.. crawl home ... and yes, theres another nut underneath for the bearing...arggghh... luckily i had a spare nut, so out came the grinder and i chopped the old strut in half to get the little dust boot out... 3 hours of swearing to do 1 strut !!! tomorrow i will do the other 3 ! i have to say im so glad to be back in a powerfull VW again though.. the noise.... these are great cars. Link to post Share on other sites
shail 0 Posted September 24, 2007 Report Share Posted September 24, 2007 Hmmm. I'm gonna tackle this DIY quite soon as well. I think I'll check the condition of the allen key bolts before I start! Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Seabrook 4 Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 Did mine myself about 4 weeks ago and the old all came out without a problem - just lucky I guess !!!! Link to post Share on other sites
rowlando 0 Posted September 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 yep, my last mk3 came apart with just a yank on the nut with a hand held ratchet, but these bad boys were something else ! my advice.. if your nuts are rusty get them cracked of with an airgun to save the sweat.. ( or go see a doctor ! ) +o( :-p Link to post Share on other sites
mannie 0 Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 I undo my top mount nut using A £15 12v gun from walworths,the type design for undoing wheel bolts .It has abit of torque them guns .(works for me !) Link to post Share on other sites
rodney 17 Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 WD40.... I have a garage full. Everything is 10years old so needs to be soaked in the stuff...... Wait until you do your discs Link to post Share on other sites
vr6madmike 0 Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 Impact guns all they way especially if you have adjusters on the top of the new ones where the aleen key would normally go! Link to post Share on other sites
rowlando 0 Posted September 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 I undo my top mount nut using A £15 12v gun from walworths' date='the type design for undoing wheel bolts .It has abit of torque them guns .(works for me !)[/quote']i wondered if they would be any good with such a rusty nut ? you recommend it then ? i may buy one and have a try..£15 isnt bad and it will speed things up for looser bolts i suppose ? i want to get my wishbones done aswell but the drivers side one again has a bolt in in that wont turn...ggrrr maybe im just becoming weak in my old age why do people service there cars, fir exhausts and filters but leave the basic stuff until its too hard to get off ? lol Link to post Share on other sites
rowlando 0 Posted September 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 WD40.... I have a garage full. Everything is 10years old so needs to be soaked in the stuff...... Wait until you do your discs the discs were easier thank god :-d Im a WD40 man aswel lol.. great stuff..but it stains the drive (6) Link to post Share on other sites
mannie 0 Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 Duck oil is good too , I'm not young either lol,I bought the gun for the wheel bolts,I was surprise how easy the top mount nut comes off ,I now do/undo all my nuts with the gun when ever possible so to speak ! Link to post Share on other sites
rowlando 0 Posted September 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 Duck oil is good too ' date=' I'm not young either lol,I bought the gun for the wheel bolts,I was surprise how easy the top mount nut comes off ,I now do/undo all my nuts with the gun when ever possible so to speak ! [/quote']thanks for that.. i'd best go and hunt one down now Link to post Share on other sites
rowlando 0 Posted September 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 2 new bolts from VW and its all done ! /img] Link to post Share on other sites
mannie 0 Posted September 29, 2007 Report Share Posted September 29, 2007 Sits nice mate ,glade you've got it all sorted . Link to post Share on other sites
rowlando 0 Posted September 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2007 cheers for that 2pints, ive just been up the road for an early morning blat to the post office.. ahhhhhhh Link to post Share on other sites
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