KONI Yellows: seeking spring compressor recommendations

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This is Colin (the guy in the snap on hat compressing the spring in the earlier picture)
If you are talking about the nut that holds the strut into the mount (top hat), then there are three ways to go about removing it.

1. use an impact gun. just be sure to go in short bursts to avoid spinning the seals inside the strut. I only use this method for removing the nut, not installing, to prevent damaging the new struts.

2. get a pair of vice grips and a rubber hose large enough diameter to fit aroud the shaft of the strut. cut a pice of the rubber hose off (1-2") then slit it down one end, but it around the strut shaft then clamp down on it with vice grips to hold the shaft, then use a ratchet or wrench to remove the nut.

3. use an offset whench or ratchet with a pass through (like a gearatchet) on the nut while holding the shaft with either an allen, torx, socket, or outside torx (depending on strut)
if you dont have a offset wrench or a pass through ratchet use a socket then use a pipe wrench to turn the socket, instead of a ratchet.





-Colin Clark, ASE Master Automobile Technician

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