removing OEM strut mount

[MainEvent212]

ok, i'm puttin on my new tein S-techs/ kyb agx's

but lemme fill u in on where i am

i have the OEM spring/strut assembly OFF the car but i cannot get the damn strut mount/spring perch off to save my goddamn life!!! is there a trick to this? i got the spring compressed enough that it has no load on either spring perch...wtf is up?!?!

(sorry in advance for my immature post but i am really desperate now!)

[mmdb]

why don't you bring it to a shop to have it taken off? It'll save you some time and headache.

[trpower7]

Because that costs money. Duh.

[MainEvent212]

yeah...duh...

but seriously! is it just a matter of more muscle on the wrench or is there something i am doing wrong?

[mmdb]

what's it doing? slipping? put it in a vice of some sort.

[WingsNThangs]

Front or rear? Big difference.

[red240ne]

yea, you're obviously a wuss.

[240marcuSX]

are your shocks blown? if they are, and youre trashing them(like in my case), get an impact, or use a buddies, and turn the air compressor up to about 110, 120. and spin it off, you wont need vice grips or anything. thats what i did. but I would only do that if I were trashing them, I think it cross threaded mine. also, Ive seen people use vice grips, and a wrench, but the grips tend to slip from what ive seen, messing up the top of the shaft. hope this helped.

[MainEvent212]

sorry, it's the front

and i'm replacing them anyways...so yeah, i dont have a vice so i cant do that....no impact gun so :-\

i donno

[240sxOwner]

i have taken my suspension apart so many times...just get some craftsman vice grips...get tham at tight as possible then get a deep socket, i think it is 14 mm to be exact, and unscrew it.....worke for me everytime. If that doesn't work go to a shop and they can do it easy with air tools, they shouldn't charge (but i would give them a tip for helping you out) -Hope that helped