Strut Cap won't come off

[brian p]

This is incredible. I already have the strut cap off of the Drivers side of my 86 911 but the passenger side will not budge.

I am trying to replace the strut cartridges with a new set of Bilstein inserts but the passenger side is being a bit of a pain in the butt.

I am using a 2' pipe wrench with a 3' cheater pipe to break it loose, which worked perfectly on the driver's side , and have even tries to heat the cap with a propane torch to no avail.

Can I damage anything if I continue to heat and pull on this thing? I don't want to damage my steering rack or anything.

Anybody have any ideas? I don't want to remove the whole strut.

brian

[Wavey]

Keep heating it. Some penetrant and a few hammer whacks couldn't hurt either. You might try the old "tighten it first" trick too, that breaks them loose some times.