STUCK - Strut will not come out!, Cartridge stuck in the chamber Options

[ctc911ctc]

Pictures requested by S-Hawk!

[Superhawk996]

Thanks for those pictures!

Damper rod is definitely a deformed rivet swage type connection to the end cap.

From the looks of it, the end cap appears to have been wedged around the OD of the piston damper rod / end cap to the black Boge strut ID. I think that was liquid-tite and preventing any penetrating oil from getting by it?

Jounce bumper cracking (if I'm seeing that right) is good indication that it has bottomed hard more than a couple times which could really wedge the end cap.

Just curious, since that end cap has come undone, can the whole large chrome end of the damper be pulled out of the yellow tube?

If you don't want to do that I understand. i don't think that end cap is ever supposed to come free of the yellow strut insert body but now that it has, I'd suspect the whole damper can now be removed from the yellow tube to expose the linear bushings.

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[ctc911ctc]

Would you like me to send it to you?

Or I can take more pics?

Please let me know

Thanks for those pictures!

Damper rod is definitely a deformed rivet swage type connection to the end cap.

From the looks of it, the end cap appears to have been wedged around the OD of the piston damper rod / end cap to the black Boge strut ID. I think that was liquid-tite and preventing any penetrating oil from getting by it?

Jounce bumper cracking (if I'm seeing that right) is good indication that it has bottomed hard more than a couple times which could really wedge the end cap.

Just curious, since that end cap has come undone, can the whole large chrome end of the damper be pulled out of the yellow tube?

If you don't want to do that I understand. i don't think that end cap is ever supposed to come free of the yellow strut insert body but now that it has, I'd suspect the whole damper can now be removed from the yellow tube to expose the linear bushings.

@ctc911ctc

[Superhawk996]

Oh God no . . . I don't want parts. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) I'm in the midst of trying to clean out all the crap I've hoarded over the last 20+ years as we prepare to move cross country.

Let me post a picture a little bit later of a 914 Bilstein cartridge for a Bilstein strut.

What I'm wondering is if you pull the damping rod / bump stop / steel end cap toward the end that is now open, will the insert just slide out and are you left holding the equivalent of the insert I'm going to post a picture of?

Sorry to keep this thread going on, just interesting to see how those yellow strut inserts are made.

[ctc911ctc]

We live very near the edge of Boston - large house on a small lot with a small garage by anyones standard except Boston - almost 2 car!

I tell my kids we are working in a submarine, nothing on the floor! nothing in the yard! Everything must be put away.......then my 20 year old brings home a blown up Yamaha 250. oh well, I try but still have lot's of stuff to get rid of, will take a few more pics and then I will throw them away

Oh God no . . . I don't want parts. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) I'm in the midst of trying to clean out all the crap I've hoarded over the last 20+ years as we prepare to move cross country.

Let me post a picture a little bit later of a 914 Bilstein cartridge for a Bilstein strut.

What I'm wondering is if you pull the damping rod / bump stop / steel end cap toward the end that is now open, will the insert just slide out and are you left holding the equivalent of the insert I'm going to post a picture of?

Sorry to keep this thread going on, just interesting to see how those yellow strut inserts are made.