OEM strut top nut

[sambb]

Went to check the strut top nut on the damper shaft was tight the other day. 22mm tube spanner was too small, 24mm too big. The damper shaft allen key size was just as weird - 6mm too small, 8mm too big.
WTF! didn't know a 7mm allen key or 23mm spanner existed or is this strut some kind of imperial hitch hiker on our german spanish metric car.

help with tool sizes please

confused

[h100vw]

Went to check the strut top nut on the damper shaft was tight the other day. 22mm tube spanner was too small, 24mm too big. The damper shaft allen key size was just as weird - 6mm too small, 8mm too big.
WTF! didn't know a 7mm allen key or 23mm spanner existed or is this strut some kind of imperial hitch hiker on our german spanish metric car.

help with tool sizes please

confused

7mm isn't that uncommon Sam. I bought my first one aged 18 to do the brakes on an Escort XR3 and have owned one for 30 years now.

Surprised that the 24mm didn't grip it enough to allow you to tighten it up though. TBH I use my battery impact gun for taking them off and that doesn't usually struggle

[kaanage]

Is it an allen or a spline head? The ones on my Bilsteins are splined

[sambb]

24mm might have just but I never attempted because I couldn't get the right allen key anyway. Was also doing it with strut in the car in the work carpark at night with extension bits to get the allen bit down the guts of a tube spanner. I gave up very quickly.
Ok good to know that 7's exist. I'll have another crack soon.

[sambb]

yeah pretty sure it was allen.

[h100vw]

yeah pretty sure it was allen.

Std are Allen keys

[guile]

I bought my first one aged 18 to do the brakes on an Escort XR3 and have owned one for 30 years now.

not everyone is old enough to remember the days before fuel injection and i didn't think ford escorts had brakes? at least mine didn't as far as i can remember...

i just bought one of these to remove the strut top bearing on the s3, i hope its the right tool. if it doesn't work can i just shock it off with an 18v impact wrench?

Sealey Strut NUT Socket Audi VW Specialised Impact Sockets Strut NUT Tools | eBay

[h100vw]

not everyone is old enough to remember the days before fuel injection and i didn't think ford escorts had brakes? at least mine didn't as far as i can remember...

i just bought one of these to remove the strut top bearing on the s3, i hope its the right tool. if it doesn't work can i just shock it off with an 18v impact wrench?

Sealey Strut NUT Socket Audi VW Specialised Impact Sockets Strut NUT Tools | eBay

You shouldn't need that for a MK1.

I have them anyway if you need one.

Just gun them off.

Gavin

[guile]

i just bought one of these to remove the strut top bearing on the s3, i hope its the right tool.

You shouldn't need that for a MK1.

I have them anyway if you need one.

thanks mate, i'm hoping it does need the impact wrench as i've just bought a dewalt and dying to use it...