Bilstien Roll pin

[Cdnone1]

I have taken the inserts out of my Bilstien struts and now there is some form of metal blocking the roll pin channel in the strut that will not allow me to get the roll pin back in. If you are looking back from the front of the car to the rear you can see into the roll pin channel, if you are looking forward towards the front of the car there is a solid piece of metal blocking just inside the strut housing so you cannot get the roll pin in. I have seached everywhere I can think of and cannot find anyone who has heard of this or knows a solution. Do you have any idea of what I am talking about and how to fix this. I'm overhauling my suspens and sure was not planning on buying a new strut housing. It is only on the passenger side , the driver side is perfect
Any help I would appreciatte besides the strut. The driver side came apart and when back together fine the pass side only came apart fine
Steve

[no substitute]

It's been a while since I did the struts. Are you seeing the cartridge inside the tube? It has to be turned and lifted (or is it pushed down?) a bit to line up the holes.

[Cdnone1]

the cartridge is complete out of the strut. the strut is empty except for the metal at the bottom with the hole that the insert goes into

[emcon5]

Can you post a picture?

Tom

[Cdnone1]

Sorry to say but I do not know how to do it in a reply on this thread

[rattlsnak]

Sounds like you're looking at the ball joint. It has a angle wedge cut in the side of it and if you dont line it up first, youll never get the pin in.
Sometimes you can simply rotate the housing around, but mostly you have to pull it up off the ball jiont stud and align it coreectly.