The heat I used was a 1/2 inch air wrench with 120 psi air supply. It spun them right out. On install, I cleaned the threads with a wire brush and used a dot of red loctite, torqued to spec [don't ask what the spec is, I don't remember, but I remember looking it up, at the time.] As someone suggested, make sure the torque bit is seated properly before applying force, removal or install. Think of it as a fun adventure... ;)) ... the fun is not getting whacked in the head once you replace the struts.. I did mine about 4 years ago, used it today and still works like new.
On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 6:34 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < [email protected]> wrote: > How very considerate... > > On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 6:42 PM David Bruckmann via Mercedes < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > As I recall, the factory used red loctite, which requires heat to > > deactivate. > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
