anyone ever have the strut stuck in the housing?

[autbot318i]

i changed the driver side without problems
but now the passenger side I have the whole strut out, rotor and all...but the oem strut just wont budge.

how should i go about removing it out of the housing?

any ideas? :dot:

[jlevie]

Try a slide hammer.

[MaxBell]

Do a barrel roll.


But seriously, I lost my mind trying to get mine apart. Heating, banging, went off for a Subway run, came back and banged it like 3 times and it came apart. I know that is of no help at all, but just hang in there.

[nomansland92]

Mine oem's where complete hell getting apart i used a torch got them red hot and used a 3ft pipe wrench to get them lose.
good luck

[KenC]

The collar nut is stuck?

[J3M93]

Sorry for the revival but I'm having the same problem, i've got the collar of but the shock itself is still stuck in the housing, any tips on how i should proceed?

I've been hitting the shock perpendicular to its shaft to try and dislodge what i assume to be rust bonding the shock to its housing but it's gotten me nowhere so far.

[GOT8SPD]

maybe spray some penetrating oil and hopefully it will loosen something down at the bottom? I don't see it happening, but is the shock body dented in anyway? Maybe that's why it's stuck?