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	Cv joints and strut bearings
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				Sirrepairalot
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Cv joints and strut bearings
Hi folks,starting changing these today until I came to take off the top mount.i compressed the spring with compressors and undone the nut,then the shock thread shot inside the spring and won’t return so i can reassemble.i take it they are goosed
			
			
									
						
			
						- henrym3
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Re: Cv joints and strut bearings
You mean all the way to the bottom or just a few inches.
			
			
									
						
			
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				Sirrepairalot
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Re: Cv joints and strut bearings
Yep all the way
			
			
									
						
			
						- henrym3
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Re: Cv joints and strut bearings
Must be goosed, I have changed mine in the past and neither dropped the rod to the bottom. You know you wanted some new ones really. 
			
			
									
						
			
						
 
							