 Strut repairs, For the guys trying to keep a factory six original. |
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| ClayPerrine |
 Mar 6 2019, 02:14 PM
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Life's been good to me so far.....  Group: Admin Posts: 15,965 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille 
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QUOTE(toolguy @ Mar 6 2019, 12:12 PM)  be sure to refinish them in the correct gray color, not black on 914-6's Rusty had them powder coated gray, and I didn't have to fix it after the repairs. |
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| Dave_Darling |
Mar 6 2019, 05:12 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 15,067 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California
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QUOTE(partsguy22 @ Mar 5 2019, 02:37 PM) QUOTE(eeyore @ Mar 5 2019, 12:54 PM) Couldn't you have removed the spindle off the -6 tube and slid it onto a -4 tube? Thats easier said than done ... Well, just do about 40 track days and/or autocrosses per year for ~40 years, and they'll come off. Or maybe you have to be Terry Zaccone for that to happen... (It was very strange to see the whole hub and spindle fly off the car and bounce across the autoX site!) --DD |
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| rgalla9146 |
Mar 6 2019, 06:30 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,673 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Paramus NJ Member No.: 5,176 Region Association: None
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QUOTE(toolguy @ Mar 6 2019, 01:12 PM) be sure to refinish them in the correct gray color, not black on 914-6's Grey (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Off topic here but seems the right crowd to ask. If Bilsteins were ordered on a six when new what color were the struts/ dust covers ? |
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| Rob-O |
Mar 8 2019, 10:29 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,256 Joined: 5-December 03 From: Mansfield, TX Member No.: 1,419 Region Association: Southwest Region
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QUOTE(partsguy22 @ Mar 6 2019, 09:33 AM) QUOTE(mepstein @ Mar 6 2019, 10:41 AM) So it’s important to have an original part number on a non original part because ??? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) The pinch bolt style suffers from being able to stretch and deform when the pinch bolt is tightened (over tightened ?) eventually the gap/ split will distort and close up and will no longer tighten up correctly on a ball joint So sorta like old top mount battery terminals... I like this idea, how many guys are sitting on old 3” spaced, pinched struts that aren’t getting used? Don’t know the cost of the mod but could be cheaper to get a set of pinch style and do the mid than finding the ever shrinking stock of 3” wedge style struts out there. The standalone wedge mount is ideal. |
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| sixnotfour |
Mar 8 2019, 10:47 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 10,698 Joined: 12-September 04 From: Life Elevated..planet UT. Member No.: 2,744 Region Association: Rocky Mountains 
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been cutting off wedge ends , every pair of 4lug struts I recycle
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| partsguy22 |
Mar 12 2019, 10:07 AM
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Enabler of bad ideas Group: Members Posts: 24 Joined: 8-November 17 From: FT Worth, Tx Member No.: 21,587 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(Rob-O @ Mar 8 2019, 11:29 AM) QUOTE(partsguy22 @ Mar 6 2019, 09:33 AM) QUOTE(mepstein @ Mar 6 2019, 10:41 AM) So it’s important to have an original part number on a non original part because ??? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) The pinch bolt style suffers from being able to stretch and deform when the pinch bolt is tightened (over tightened ?) eventually the gap/ split will distort and close up and will no longer tighten up correctly on a ball joint So sorta like old top mount battery terminals... I like this idea, how many guys are sitting on old 3” spaced, pinched struts that aren’t getting used? Don’t know the cost of the mod but could be cheaper to get a set of pinch style and do the mid than finding the ever shrinking stock of 3” wedge style struts out there. The standalone wedge mount is ideal. It can be done for around 250 a pair if you have donor struts or an additional 100 each for ChroMoly bottoms |
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| bdstone914 |
Mar 12 2019, 10:54 PM
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bdstone914 Group: Members Posts: 4,742 Joined: 8-November 03 From: Riverside CA Member No.: 1,319 |
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