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12-23-2014
ok 04 GP Front strut mount has bolt with the allen screw in middle, How do you remove that nut??/ I have tried allen wrench inside a Spark plug remover socket but I cant get the nut to turn without turning the allen head bolt?? Do I have to get a special tool or will only a strong air rachet remove it or what??
I assume they are the factory struts ..the struts are off the car for a new strut install and I cant get that dang nut off the strut ..can anyone shed some light on this please???
12-23-2014
Mine turned using a hex key in the center then a wrench on the nut. The hex key prevents the rod in the middle from spinning. It might need just a whole lot of pb blaster. But why are you trying to remove it? Shouldn't the new struts have come complete with that?
12-23-2014
Take a big pair of vise grips and wrap the jaws in a rag, and clamp it on the shaft really tight. Hold that and turn the nut off, works good if done right or air tools FTW.
12-24-2014
^^^ that's what i tried the frist time but it still spun on me with the vise grips. Once i tried the hex key it worked no problem. Just need to put a little muscle into it.
12-24-2014
My question is, does he even have the spring compressed?
12-24-2014
It doesn't sound like it. But I'd still like to know why he needs that nut if he has new struts.
12-24-2014
Maybe he didn't buy quick struts.
EDIT: 04's don't even have quick struts available for them so unless he changed LCA's and sway bar set up then he definitely doesn't have quick struts.
12-24-2014
ah now i see. Even still if he bought the strut it should have come with one.
12-24-2014
Strut mounts are sold separately.
12-24-2014
guess i assumed he bought new mounts too which was why I couldn't figure out why he needed it.
12-24-2014
He'd also need to remove it to get the spring.
12-24-2014
damnit stealthee
12-25-2014
If you have access to air tools, just zip the nut off with an impact. It works a whole lot better than trying to dick around with the allen and socket setup.
12-25-2014
Does he even have the spring compressed?? LOL of course I did.. and I wasnt using "Quick struts" ..was just swapping old springs on new struts...now if I had a 97-03 GP i would of used quick struts all the way round but since 04-08 only has rear quick struts I didnt go that route.
I had to use a offset box wrench (didnt have one which is why I posted to see if there was a different way to get it loose) to hold nut while using torx bit to loosen shaft..the one thing I didnt realize till after having the first front strut out is much easier to bust the strut mount nut loose when the strut is still in car..lesson learned..
12-25-2014
Front Quick Struts were just made available for 04+ about a month or 2 agoOriginally Posted by stealthee
12-26-2014
Man your right! they are FINALLY available after all these years Monroe makes a Front Quick strut for the 04-08 GP's!.. and of course they do it after I get mine..LOL
I checked Monroes site about a month ago and they didnt show them then.. I should of waited a little longer.. ha! But Pep boys had a great deal going where I got all 4 Sensa-tracs and 4 mounts for $220 with free shipping...but would of preferred the time saving of the Quick struts as I just got done doing all 4 and man it was very time consuming and a PITA ..
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