rear struts removal emergency! - Hyundai Performance Forums

elantrax · 09-26-2003, 02:34 AM

i spent all day doing my lowering springs got the fronts done now i got a set of stocks in the rear and i cant figure out the hell do you get the fuckin sway bar mount that attatchs to the strut out. I turnt the thing for min after min just kept turning its like sealed or something its an emergency if someone can help. sooner i know how to get this one sooner i can get my funky ass h&r in front and rear stock look out of here. hah thanx to anyone that helps on this.

Machine · 09-26-2003, 08:24 AM

Confusing as to what the actual problem is.

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[body]cant figure out the hell do you get the ****in sway bar mount that attatchs to the strut out. I turnt the thing for min after min just kept turning its like sealed or something [/body]

Ah webtech proves useful once again, excels/accents are connected to lower control arm not the strut.

Obviously its just turning, you need to grip the bolt somehow while you try to undo the nut, needlenose pliers maybe or side cutters carefully.
By looking at that pic if you cant get it to budge just try the other bolt of the swaybar link, not going to matter too much which one you undo.

MadHatter · 09-26-2003, 08:33 AM

you probably need an impact wrench

elantrax · 09-26-2003, 01:53 PM

thats the bolt right there that the diagram points to but when you go to take it out it keeps spinning as if its sealed in something behind hte rubber surrounding it

MadHatter · 09-26-2003, 02:01 PM

does it spin loosely? or is there some resistance?

section-8 · 09-26-2003, 02:46 PM

let it soak in pene-lube then reverse impact it.

**i8acobra** · 09-26-2003, 04:31 PM

The bolt is hex shaped just like the nut. You need a 12mm (? might be 14mm) wrench on the bolt and a 14mm wrench on the nut. If you get on the ground and look at the bolt with a flashlight, you'll see what I mean. You might have to slide the rubber dust cover back a little to see it.

elantrax · 09-26-2003, 06:25 PM

i had to bring back the spring compressor so now i just gotta pay someone to do the rear but thanx for everyone that helped. i'll just wait till my swaybar comes and tell them to do 2 rears truts and swaybar.

dweet · 09-26-2003, 08:47 PM

you dont need spring compressors for the rears!! hehe i never used them.. anyways you need an impact and/or a lot of patience... whats even more fun is getting the sway bar back on

elantrax · 09-27-2003, 02:57 PM

most def. a impact i'll never do struts again unless i got an impact.