Strut Tool

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PGTi

Discussion Starter · Jan 7, 2006

Do I need this tool to change the shocks in the Golf Mk2 GTi?

http://cgi.ebay.ie/VW-GOLF-AUDI-STRUT-TOOL...1QQcmdZViewItem

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JMS

· #2 · Jan 7, 2006 (Edited by Moderator)

It's a help alright but I changed springs before without it. I just kept the spring compressed and tightened the nut with a "snipe nosed" pliers as hard as I could, might not be the right thing to do but it seems to have worked

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When I said about filing a nut to leave two teeth on it I didn't think it through properly, it wouldn't really work.
Instead you could make a tool like Dave said (using a socket) or get a bit of metal tubing and file it down to form the two teeth and then weld a nut to the top of it. You could then use a spanner to tighten the nut on the strut rod and still be able to hold it in the centre with an allen key.

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Dieseldave

· #3 · Jan 7, 2006

You dont need one at all.Just hit the nut round with a hammer and
flat screwdriver or get a long reach 13mm socket and cut it back
leaving the two "tits" sticking out.

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Geo

· #4 · Jan 7, 2006 (Edited by Moderator)

It would be a help if you were doing a lot of them but I always just do like what JMS said above and it seems to work ok. Hold the nut with a snipe nose pliers and tighten the whole lot using the allen key in the top of the shock.

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PGTi

Discussion Starter · #5 · Jan 8, 2006

Thanks. I'll go solo on this. THere's always satisfaction when you can make a tool for a job yourself. Save a few bob in the process.

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