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Originally Posted by phattyduck
You need an offset box-end wrench to do it right:
(replace the top tool with whatever you need to hold the shaft - this was a Bilstein, so it takes a hex/allen driver)
-Charlie |
Yeah billsteins system is so much better, toyota shocks don't have a hex, just two flats milled into the top of the shaft. I actually found that I could get a strap wrench on the metal shroud that goes over the shaft and got enough purchase to be reasonably confident that I got things at least to 14ftlbs.
Your pictures reminds me of something else about this job and it's just how dirty it gets in the top of that cup. I thought about maybe drilling a small drain hole but I wonder if that would compromise the integrity of that cup. How much force do those experience I wonder, can't be anymore than the force it takes to compress the shock right?
