Front strut removal.
Just wondering if I will have to remove the upper or and lower control arms to get the front struts out? I couldn't seem to get it out just by taking everything loose and swinging them down as low as I could like the Haynes repair manual said to do. Other then that the only thing i could see to do was to remove one or both of the control arms.
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It is much easier if you remove the upper control arm bolt. It is very long and slides out the front. Then you can just press down on the lower control arm and slide the strut out.
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Originally Posted by dieselmiata
(Post 13908)
It is much easier if you remove the upper control arm bolt. It is very long and slides out the front. Then you can just press down on the lower control arm and slide the strut out.
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Technically you've already removed all the struts.
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Originally Posted by curly
(Post 13915)
Technically you've already removed all the struts.
I actually take the knuckle out of the lower control arm. Its two bolts and you don't have to mess with getting that pesky long bolt out. Removing the knuckle is two "smaller" bolts total, but becareful not to mix up the lower shock bolt with the knuckle bolt. The knuckle bolt is just a hair longer (about +5mm). |
long bolt method > all.
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Originally Posted by Track
(Post 13919)
because there are no struts on a miata.
I actually take the knuckle out of the lower control arm. Its two bolts and you don't have to mess with getting that pesky long bolt out. Removing the knuckle is two "smaller" bolts total, but becareful not to mix up the lower shock bolt with the knuckle bolt. The knuckle bolt is just a hair longer (about +5mm). |
Originally Posted by toms96mx5
(Post 13927)
I could have just have said something like i would have heard at work from a customer. "I need the tube thingy that is inside of the coil shaped thingy attached the a frame under the car." But the best is always the I need the suspension bushing.
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