Getting gas cartridge out of shock housing

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Nov 16, 2001 | 06:50 AM

ScruffyChimp

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Getting gas cartridge out of shock housing

Hi.

I'm putting KYB cartidges in my front shocks. I've taken a shock off the car and removed the spring, but I can't work out how to get the old cartridge out.

There is a metal ring with a small dip at 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock. I can't get this out. Can anyone offer any advice? Haynes says you can cut a steel pipe, but that sounds like a lot of work. Is there an easier way? I can't make it budge with pliers.

Can any of you explain the process you went through to replace your shocks?

Thanks,
ScruffyChimp

Nov 16, 2001 | 06:52 AM

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Nov 16, 2001 | 02:32 PM

yayarx7

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If I remember correctly there is a big nut holding the cartrage in the body. I just stuck the body in a vice and cranked on the nut with a big (4 foot) wrench.

Hope this helps.

Nov 16, 2001 | 02:56 PM

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ya, what yaya said, but i used a 2 foot pipe wrench. it comes out pretty easy. be prepared to get oil everywhere, esp. when you yank all the old innards out (and i do mean yank...hard) i spent 15 mins working the struts in and out trying to pump the old fluid out and still painted the garage and myself with hydraulic fluid.