Take off w203 front strut
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Take off w203 front strut
The front shock/spring setup of the w203 c class seems to be
different from most of the other regular McPheason.
The strut top is secured by a lock bar instead of by a few
seperate nuts and bolts at the strut well.
To take off the front strut, it looks like
one need to remove the top nut of the shock.
If this is so, is that means the spring compressor need
to be installed on spring before the nut can be removed?
different from most of the other regular McPheason.
The strut top is secured by a lock bar instead of by a few
seperate nuts and bolts at the strut well.
To take off the front strut, it looks like
one need to remove the top nut of the shock.
If this is so, is that means the spring compressor need
to be installed on spring before the nut can be removed?
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From: santa barbara calif.
2004 clk500 coupe
strut removal
OTMAL, what you need to do is first dont worry, the plate up top of the strut tower is a catch bar so it wont fall out in extreme conditions, remove the nut in the channel bar, its a 21mm, pull plate off shaft, now the strut will drop out, upon removal you will find a spring retaining cap at top of strut with a threaded shaft sticking out(the same threaded shaft that top nut was on) recessed into the spring retaining plate is a spanner nut(a ring with two notches opposite each other and threaded in the miidle portion)now you compress the spring and relieve tension on spring plate, secure spanner nut and put a allen wrench in top of shaft and spin shaft while holding spanner nut secure,( instead of spinning nut hold nut and spin shaft) dont damage nut because it will need to be used again with whatever suspension kit you use. my Bilstein PSS9 kit requied it to be re-used along with the retaining plate
Last edited by clkguy; Jan 24, 2004 at 04:43 PM.
