I found them online (the specialty tool to get the nut off the upper strut mount) but I'm just wondering if anyone has found a local store they can buy it at? I'd much rather go out and buy it then have it shipped in.

Thanks

 

the one thats made by performance tool? dont waste your money, it doesnt fit.

the socket part is too wide to fit into the opening deep enough (so it barely touches the nut by about 1/4 a millimeter) and they dont give u the right size torx or allen bits.

 

22 mm deep impact socket and an impact wrench is all the tools you need.

 

http://www.jcwhitney.com/universal-m.../p2017916.jcwx

that is what I'm talking about, it says it's universal for all macpherson struts and the stock LT struts are macpherson...

Btw i ******* wish I had impact tools but I don't have a compressed air source

 

Electric ones work just as well.

http://www.google.com/products/catal...d=0CCgQ8wIwAA#

 

really, it wont fit.

the socket is the right size, but its too wide to drop down onto the nut all the way. and like i said before, none of the torx and allen bits fit.

do like the illini guy says, get an impact.

 

Truth.

Make sure you break them loose before you jack the car up - the weight of the car on the end of the shaft helps to keep it from spinning.

Don't take them all the way off unless you are using the weight of the car as a "poor mans spring compressor"

 

Damn I need a impact gun... I might just go up to my local shop and bring the stock strut/springs/upper mount anether them to impact off that nut then get them to reimpact the upper strut mount to the new spring/strut assembly (replacing springs and struts

is it still possible to easily get it off when the strut is off the car cause I don't really have a choice unless I plan on installing everything in the shops parking lot..

 

I always found it easier to break them loose on the car but as long as you have a decent impact, they will break loose pretty easy on the bench.

 

Well I dropped the stuff off q few hours ago, there basically just going to take off the upper strut mounts and put them on the new springs/struts...have to pay 20 per wheel....

 

I bought that one but had to return it because it was worthless. The socket wasn't deep enough to reach the nut (it has kind of a fat "shoulder" on it that prevents it from fitting) and as was mentioned, none of the shaft fittings were right. I sent it back.

 

Damn well I dropped off my strut/spring assembly at like noon yesturday and there still not ready n

 

By the way, here's how I did mine: (I meant to post a pic but its too hot to go out to the garage and dig up the specific tools)

I used a 13/16" spark plug socket that has a hex at the top of it. Don't remember which car this was from; it was in the bottom of the tool box. It should fit OK on the big nut.

Get a stubby 6mm 1/4"-drive allen socket and a long 1/4"-drive extension. Put this inside the spark plug socket.

Use a 1/4"-drive ratchet to hold everything while you loosen the spark plug socket (and the nut) with whichever size wrench fits the hex on the socket. I used a 19mm but as old as this thing is, its probably meant for a 3/4".

Piece of cake. If I recall, Halfcent used a regular L-shaped Allen key; that will work too but you need vise grips or something to grip it securely. Using the ratchet helps a lot there.

 

Well I dropped it off like a day and a half ago and still no word from the shop so I'll prob call tomorrow and tell them I'm picking them up at the end of the day if there done or not cause my cars sitting on jackstands and i need my car..

 

Anyone think I could just wrap part the strut shaft in upside down electrical tape then use vice grips to grip the **** out of the shaft then just use some liquid wrench/hammer to loosen it then use a 22mm deep socket to wrench it off?