I have a B13 sentra, and I was trying to remove the center nut of the strut. Every time I turned the nut, it moved the whole assembly. Is there a tool or a method in which to hold the assembly down and remove the nut? Thanks!
HAHA.... i just replaced my struts and springs with the Tokico Advanced Handling Kit and that was the biggest pain in the ass ever!!! I had to take a drill bit and drill THROUGH the strut mount to get the top nut off. Literally demolishing the nut. It was a huge project. Taking at least 1 hour per strut. Make sure to compress the springs all the way because otherwise it will hit you in the face haha like it did my friend. I'm not sure if there is a tool but my way worked with a lot of elbow grease and time and patience.
ive never done it w/o a compressor, you just cant get the velocity by hand. need to use a compressor to get that top nut off. and make sure you compress the spring as well.
All the major tool makers offer an offset box wrench that will allow you to get the nut while using a small open wrench to hold the strut shaft. Impact wrench is not needed but sure makes short work of this.
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Bruce in Houston
'94 Nissan Sentra SE-R w/ $tuff, converting to ITA
'98 Suzuki Bandit 1200S w/ $tuff
'02 Dodge Dakota SLT 4-dr tow beast, stock!
When I did my springs, I used a giant screwdriver to hold the top bolt from spinning and a torque wrench to take the damn thing off. It also took two people: one to make sure the screwdriver stayed in place and to hold the strut down and the other to torque off the nut.
well if u got the suspension on the car still then put the car back on the ground then try. it takes a lot of the pulling stress of the suspension brakes and hub weight off the nut. made my life a lot easier. if not... try to get wrench on the nut then try to grip the tip of the strut with some vice grips. then obviously try to turn the wrench making sure the vice dont slip. that is the way i didnt it the first time around
We had to pull the whole strut with spring off of the car (easy as hell to put back on) because we were doing my springs. When it is off, there are the three mounting bolts at the top of the strut and the nut in the middle. I just laid the screwdriver sideways so that is laid in between two of the three mounting bolts at the top. You put the torque wrench on and lay the screwdriver down. One guy holds the screwdriver and strut in place while the other guy wrenches on the torque wrench to get it off. The bolt will only turn so far with the screwdriver in place, but be careful not to let the screwdriver pop out.
bahearn what exactly are the proper tools? cause I tightened it down and i my setup didn't come with spacers so i used washers, and i didn't put enough in before i tightened... and now it's reallly hard to loosen it. Thanks
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93 Sentra XE
Stillen Exhuast, Tokico Struts and Springs, K&N, SYSTEM! 15's wrapped in Kuhmo Ecstas.
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