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im installing springs and im having problems removing the springs off the strut ,the nut on top is rusted and when i try lossin it spins but it wont lossen has anybody had this problem and how did u fix it
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Car and Driver predicted the future accurately when they wrote that "poems will be written about this engine [and] ballads will be sung." <talking about the FWD sr20.
Mount the struts back on the car, bolt the tires back on, drop the car, use impact wrench, take the strut nut all the way out, then hand tighten. Reverse proceedure, use spring tool to compress....replace springs...add new struts...
Impact wrench is not necessary. Compress your spring, wrap a piece of cloth around chrome rod and hold it with big pliers or wrench with your leg against the floor while strut lays horizontally. Then put a socket on the nut and use one hand to hold the handle and use the other hand to hammer the handle in counterclockwise direction. W40 will make your job even easier...
By the way don't put springs lower than 1.2" on stock struts. Anything lower will make your stock suspension either bottom out or bounce. This is about the lowest, safe drop on stock struts.
Use an open ended wrench to turn the bolt (use the open side not the closed side) and hold the middle thingy that sticks up in the middle of the bolt with either another wrench or a mexican quickie-wrench (crescent)
