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So im sitting outside with laptop on my knees outside wondering how to thell one removes the upper strut mount (front) when its covered by the spring... I can't even

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Old 04-04-2013, 02:49 PM   #1 (permalink)
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So im sitting outside with laptop on my knees outside wondering how to thell one removes the upper strut mount (front) when its covered by the spring... I can't even see the 3 nuts that are supposed to be holding it. Following the DIY on the forum... Help?
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So im sitting outside with laptop on my knees outside wondering how to thell one removes the upper strut mount (front) when its covered by the spring... I can't even see the 3 nuts that are supposed to be holding it. Following the DIY on the forum... Help?
The service manuals are online. See link in my sig.
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The nuts are inside the engine bay..

Do you mean removing the spring from the shock? There's a nut on the top of the mount that threads onto the shock's inner rod.

Hope you have spring compressors on the thing...
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