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Old 03-03-13, 12:25 PM
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VA Strut replacement ??
I'm in the middle of replacing my strut cartridges with Tokico Blue. The cartridge I removed is a made in USA relacement. The Blue cartridge is roughly 3/8" taller, and the screw which holds it in the strut itself cannot get enough thread to screw in. What next. Several thread searches have revealed no solution. Thank you.
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Are you using the retaining nuts that came with the tokicos? The factory nut will not work on the tokico.
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Are you using the retaining nuts that came with the tokicos? The factory nut will not work on the tokico.
Damn sure won't! Got 'em used. Learn as you go, I reckon.
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Same thing happened to me, got the struts used and the seller didn't include the hardware. I called Tokico and they sent me what I needed.
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