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STRUT ISSUE...Arrrrggh!
PLEASE HELP!!! I rebuilt the front-end of my '88 911 Carerra...New or refurbed everything...The large nut that holds the shock insert in the Strut keeps backing off (3 times now on the Driver's side)!
When I installed the new Bilstein sport shock inserts (Boge Struts), I didn't have the special tool to crank the large nut onto the Strut housing. So I did it as best as I could. The "nut" backed off, but I thought I had just under torqued it. A buddy and I really cranked on it with Big Azz Channel Locks...but it backed of again... After sourcing the special too locally, I tried it again...the tool wasn't a perfect fit, but we got it on there tighter than the first two times...IT STILL BACKED OFF!!! I am at my wits end, but don't really want to pay a shop at this point...Any ideas? -Trent
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Get a pipe wrench.
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12-30-2008, 08:10 AM
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I have an earlier car, but my Bilstiens have a lock washer....did yours???
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What Souk said. Seriously.
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12-30-2008, 08:21 AM
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Lock Washer? I don't recall seeing one, but the original install was in the Summer...where would it go?
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12-30-2008, 08:21 AM
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Could it be that simple (Pipe Wrench)? The other side seems to be fine after the original install...
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12-30-2008, 08:22 AM
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I used a pipe wrench on mine. Still working fine. There was no lock washer on mine ('88 with boge originally)
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12-30-2008, 08:36 AM
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I used a very large electric impact gun, did the trick.
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12-30-2008, 09:06 AM
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Mine did the same thing, but only loosened up once. Some thread lock and big channel locks did the trick for me.
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I had the same issue. Turns out I had the wrong struts in the insert. The insert may be 3-4mm too short for your housing as the nut on the strut tube is supposed to compress the insert to the bottom. I ended up putting a 4mm thick steel spacer (big washer) in the bottom of the housing, then tightening the nut. Hasn't come loose since.
I got this solution after reading all the part numbers of what I had to a tech at Bilstein in Charlotte, they were very helpful. It was either that or replace the inserts.
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