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Swervin_Mervin
22-01-2007, 10:48
8mm hex key isn't it?

Broke mine yesterday. :evil:
McPikie
22-01-2007, 11:01
Air ratchet :D
Swervin_Mervin
22-01-2007, 11:11
That's the 2nd one I've broken.
BristolSam16v
22-01-2007, 15:16
Impact wrench is the way forward, whips them straight off!
Swervin_Mervin
22-01-2007, 15:24
Or snaps your hex bit in this case. :P
BristolSam16v
22-01-2007, 15:56
Just get a 21mm socket on the top mount with the impact wrench...
Swervin_Mervin
22-01-2007, 17:44
So is that what everyone does? I had the impact driver driving a hex bit and was bracing the nut with a swan neck spanner.
MAXIBOY
22-01-2007, 18:08
yeah gun the nuts off
Swervin_Mervin
22-01-2007, 18:10
Not got a gun. I'll try the impact driver on the nut rather than the strut rod.
MAXIBOY
22-01-2007, 18:18
bought myself a cheap 12V impact gun that works of the battery for when i,m not in the garage. think they are really good in situations like these http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?id=66213&ts=86227 bit like that but 250 quid cheaper
Swervin_Mervin
22-01-2007, 18:34
So you don't brace the strut rod? Whats to stop it just spinning?
northy
22-01-2007, 18:39
i use a long hex key built into a 1/2" socket and a long braker bar to brace - then a very good swan neck spanner onto the nut.

The first 1/2 socket drive i got i snapped in the top of the strut...the second one held out and did the job.
Swervin_Mervin
22-01-2007, 18:40
That's pretty much what I did Northy last time I fitted new ones to ULF. This time I opted to use the driver. Succeeded on the o/s and broke it on the n/s

:roll:
northy
22-01-2007, 18:42
did it brake in the strut or are u lucky and can remove the hex key ?
Swervin_Mervin
22-01-2007, 18:44
Broke in the strut but left enough sticking out to retrieve it. I reckon I'd have been home and dry (well a bit wet based on the weather) if that one came undone because mine haven't been on long so should come off easily.

Purely our of curiosity, does heating the Nylock up with a hairdryer work?
stew
22-01-2007, 18:47
u could buy new top mounts, use a blowtorch and melt the nyloc and they come out easy! 8)

never had to do that, but is always an option.
AmDaMan
22-01-2007, 19:16
http://www.retro-renault.com/forums/product-reviews/123-clarke-impact-wrench-review.html

Check my review on the clarke 12v impact wrench there. Best £25 in ages! Instant torque so no need to secure with the hex bit.
richy
22-01-2007, 21:29
just use a impact gun with 21mm socket, whips them straight off, no pissing about with spanners lol, i use my snap-on one all the time and its dead easy to get stuff done quickly!
Swervin_Mervin
23-01-2007, 10:15
http://www.retro-renault.com/forums/product-reviews/123-clarke-impact-wrench-review.html

Check my review on the clarke 12v impact wrench there. Best £25 in ages! Instant torque so no need to secure with the hex bit.

Good man.
MattyH16valver
23-01-2007, 14:23
Yep, these cheap 12v impact wreches work a treat...would'nt use anything else now. :wink:
Swervin_Mervin
23-01-2007, 14:34
Ordered the Clarke jobbie.
rob16v
23-01-2007, 17:24
Just bought one of the clarke ones too lol
AmDaMan
24-01-2007, 15:07
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/9332/img35812tx.jpg

:( It's took some serious abuse though that has, a capacitor fell out yet it still refuses to die :D Guna buy another when I can be arsed.[/img]
david932
24-01-2007, 18:51
done mine recently bought one of them ^^. sh*te impact gun but does the job for 25 quid
Lunner
28-01-2007, 20:09
Impact gun all the way if you dont' give a **** about your shocks, it does **** tehm up tho, got my coilovers refurbed and it just spins the piston, so brought another 21mm swan neck spanner, lent my last one out and it vanished :evil: